It was trading as The Swan by the 1760's and retained the name until the last Landlord decided to make it into a French Restaurant (thus the horrible shutters!) sometime around the early 1990's when he called it The Green Swan. As far as I know, this lasted about a year before finally going out of business, whereupon he called it Green Swan Cottage. Finally, when he decided to sell up around 2000, he then called it Swan House. When I bought it, I reverted to The Swan, although Swan House still turns up on data-bases. **
Swan, Stones Green, Great Oakley - circa 1920
Kindly provided by Mick Hearn & Stephen Huk
28th August 2001
Swan, Stones Green, Great Oakley - circa 2002
Kindly provided by Mick Hearn & Stephen Huk
Residents at this address
1769/William
Rowland/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances
1839/James Salmon/../../../Pigot's
1840/James Salmon/../../../Pigot's*
1845/James Salmon/../../../Post Office
1848/James Salmon/Butcher & Victualler/../../White's
1851/James Salmon/../../../Post Office
1851/James Salmon/farmer (52 acres, 3 labs) vintner/59/Beaumont com Moze,
Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Newcomb/visitor, grandaughter/03/Tendring, Essex/Census
1851/Esther Barnes/house servant/16/Great Oakley, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah A Barnes/errand girl/09/Great Oakley, Essex/Census
1852/J. Salmon/../../../Kelly's*
1855/H. Triggs/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Henry Triggs/Blacksmith/../../Kelly's
1867/Henry Triggs/Blacksmith/../../Post Office
1870/John Wyatt/../../../Kelly's
1874/Daniel Reynolds/../../../Kelly's
1878/Daniel Reynolds/../../../Kelly's
1881/Daniel Reynolds/Innkeeper & Carrier/41/Beaumont, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Reynolds/Wife/44/Beaumont, Essex/Census
1881/Laura Reynolds/Daughter/10/Great Oakley, Essex/Census
1881/Alice Reynolds/Daughter/7/Great Oakley, Essex/Census
1881/Mabel Reynolds/Daughter/4/Great Oakley, Essex/Census
1881/Luke Reynolds/Lodger, Gardener/61/Westerfield, Suffolk/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/Daniel Reynolds/../../../Kelly's
1886/King Cresswell/../../../Kelly's
1894/King Cresswell/../../../Kelly's
1895/King Cresswell/../../../Kelly's
1898/King Cresswell/../../../Kelly's
1899/King Cresswell/../../../Kelly's
1902/King Cresswell/../../../Kelly's
1906/Henry George Orin/../../../Kelly's
1908/Henry George Orin/../../../Kelly's
1910/Henry George Orrin/../../../Kelly's
1912/Henry George Orrin/../../../Kelly's
1914/Henry George Orrin/../../../Kelly's
1917/Henry George Orrin/../../../Kelly's
1925/Henry George Orrin/../../../Kelly's
1929/Henry George Orrin/../../../Kelly's
Nov 24th 1932 - Alston obit - Essex and Suffolk.
By direction of A E Alston, Esq, who approaching 90 years of age, and retiring from the business, which has been in the same family for many generations under the name of "Alston & Sons", The Stour Brewery, Manningtree, Essex - together with 21 Fully Licensed Houses and Beerhouses which are all freehold, viz :
In Essex :
The White Hart Hotel, Manningtree
The Thorn, Mistley
The Waggon and Horses, Mistley
The Horsley Cross Inn, Mistley
The Kings Arms, Lawford
The Village Maid, Bradfield
The Wheatsheaf, Wrabness
The Cross Inn, Great Bromley (Beerhouse)
The Waggon and Horses, Wix
The White Hart, Wix
The Castle, Ramsey
The Royal Oak, Dovercourt
The Coach and Horses and The Packet, Harwich
The Swan, Stones Green, Great Oakley
The Hare and Hounds, Upper Kirby
The Red Lion, Lower Kirby
The Red Lion, Great Holland, Clacton on Sea
The Red Lion, Great Bentley
The Bowling Green, Elmstead Market
In Suffolk :
The Hare and Hounds, East Bergholt
The Kings Head, Higham
The Brewery and Licensed Houses will first be offered in one lot, and , if not so sold, then in separate lots.
1933/Henry George Orrin/../../../Kelly's
1937/Francis Albert Inch/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Mick Hearn & Stpehen Huk
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