Brightlingsea pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
Now known as Ye Olde Swan
Ye Olde Swan, Brightlingsea, Essex.
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Swan, High Street, Brightlingsea on 27th April 2000
Ye Olde Swan, High Street, Brightlingsea - in February 2019
Residents at this address.
1832-3/John Cook/../../../Pigot's
1839/John Thomas Harmer/../../../Pigot's
1840/John Thomas Harmer/../../../Pigot's*
1845/John Harmer/Horse Letter & Boot Maker/../../Post Office
1848/John Harmer/Horse Letter/../../White's
1851/John Harmer/Bootmaker/../../Post Office
1851/John T Harmer/innkeeper/41/Dover, Kent/Census **
1851/Susanna Harmer/wife/37/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/John T Harmer/son, scholar/07/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/William C Harmer/son, scholar/04/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Joseph N Harmer/son/02/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Esther Sheldrick/servant/20/St Osyth, Essex/Census
1851/William Scutcher/ostler/19/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Jolly/lodger, ag lab/64/Tendring, Essex/Census
1851/George Clark/lodger, tailor/52/East Harling, Norfolk/Census
1851/George T Smith/lodger, mariner/25/West Ham, Essex/Census
1852/J. Harmer/../../../Kelly's*
1855/J. T. Harmer/../../../Kelly's*
1861/John T Harmer/Inn Keeper & Farmer of 21 acres/51/Dover, Kent/Census
1861/Susanna M Harmer/Wife/47/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1861/John T Harmer/Son, Carpenters Apprentice/17/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1861/William C Harmer/Son/14/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1861/Joseph N Harmer/Son/12/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1861/Susanna C Harmer/Niece, Waiter/21/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1861/Thomas Minter/Ostler/43/St Osyth, Essex/Census
1861/Mary J W Webb/Visitor, Carpenters Wife/27/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1861/Samuel W Webb/Visitor/1 month/Colchester, Essex/Census
1861/George Steward/Lodger, Brickmaker, Widow/61/Stutton, Suffolk/Census
1862/John Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1867/John Thomas Harmer/Farmer/../../Post Office
1870/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1871/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Post Office
1871/Susannah Harmer/Inn Keeper & Farmer, Widow/57/Brightlingsea,
Essex/Census
1871/William C Harmer/Son, Blacksmith/24/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1871/Susannah C Harmer/Niece, Barmaid/34/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1871/Abram Rouse/Ostler/24/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1874/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1878/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1881/Susannah M. Harmer/Innkeeper & Farmer/67/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Pennick/Cook/62/Great Clacton, Essex/Census
1881/Agnes Gould/Domestic Servant/18/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Gould/Domestic Servant/13/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1882/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1886/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1890/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1891/Susannah Harmer/Hotel Proprietoress, Widow/77/Brightlingsea,
Essex/Census
1891/Oliver Graves/Visitor, Surveyor/35/London/Census
1891/George M Tabor/Visitor, Oyster Merchant/52/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1891/Alice Wenden/Housekeeper/44/Dedham, Essex/Census
1891/Ada Storemore/Waitress/20/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1891/Florence E Pryke/General Servant/15/Thorrington, Essex/Census
1891/George Day/Ost;er/21/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1894/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1895/Mrs. Susannah Harmer/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1898/Gerald Southgate/../../../Kelly's
1899/Gerald Southgate/../../../Kelly's
1901/E Southgate/Hotel Proprietor/43/Rowhedge, Essex/Census
1901/M A Southgate/Wife/42/Rowhedge, Essex/Census
1901/May Southgate/Daughter, Post office Clerk/19/Rowhedge, Essex/Census
1901/Isabella Southgate/Daughter/17/Rowhedge, Essex/Census
1901/Nellie Sherman/Waitress/22/Walton on Naze, Essex/Census
1901/Henry Clarke/Waiter/18/../Census
1901/Nellie Pops/Waitress/22/../Census
+ Visitors
1902/Ebenezer Southgate/../../../Kelly's
1906/Ebenezer Southgate/../../../Kelly's
1908/John A. Doughty/../../../Kelly's
1910/Alfred Charles Bly/../../../Kelly's
1911/Alfred Charles Bly/Hotel Proprietor/47/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/Margaret Beatrice Bly/Wife/38/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/Harold Alfred Edwin Bly/Son/16/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/Matilda Margaret Bly/Daughter/14/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/Kathleen Ruth Bly/Daughter/13/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/Edna Martin Bly/Daughter/11/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/Leslie Arthur Bly/Son/10/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/Albert Ives Gaze/Boarder/54/Erith, Kent/Census
1911/Sarah Ann Harrison/Hotel Cook/23/Kelsale, Suffolk/Census
1911/Begonia Fisk/Barmaid/19/Wenbaston, Suffolk/Census
1912/Alfred Charles Bly/../../../Kelly's
1914/Edward Taylor Smith/../../../Kelly's
1917/Mrs. Annie Wales/../../../Kelly's
1922/Mrs. Annie Wales/../../../Kelly's
1925/Edward Watt/../../../Kelly's
1929/Edward Watt/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1933/Edward Watt/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1937/Herbert T. Hone/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
The 1939 electoral register of the Swan High Street, Brightlingsea lists
Herbert T Hone, Hotel Proprietor, born 20 Oct 1885
Marguerite Hone, Housewife Assistant In Hotel, born 16 Jun 1897
Emily Went, Domestic Duties, Widowed, born 21 Jan 1866
Doris Seaman (Baker), Maid Servant, born 12 Nov 1918
1942: Herbert Thomas Hone of the Swan Hotel 15 High Street, Brightlingsea Essex died 12 July 1942 Probate Ipswich 18 September to Marguerite Hone widow. Effects £598 14s 11d.
* Provided
by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead
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