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This pub was present by 1631. It was rebuilt in its present form in 1921 and closed in 2005 to become a betting shop. +
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Taken from Photographs supplied by The Department of Education, Arts & Libraries, London Borough of Newham
The Swan Hotel, Stratford Broadway
Kindly provided by Colleen
5th February 2003
Taken by Brian Berry
History of Stratford & West Ham
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1823/Isaac Franklin/../../../Pigot's Directory ***
1826/John Reader/../../../Pigot's Directory
1828/John Reader/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*
1828-9/John Reader/../../../Pigot's Directory
1832-3/Christopher Buckle/../../../Pigot's Directory
1839/George Tuting Evered/../../../Pigot's Directory
1841/John Janes/../../../P.O. Directory +
1844/Charles Gabriel Davey/../../../Thompson’s Directory +
1845/Charles Gabriel Davey/../../../Post Office Directory
1848/Charles Gabriel Davey/../../../White's Directory
1851/Charles Gabriel Davey/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Charles G Davey/innkeeper/41/Stepney, Middlesex/Census **
1851/Rachel Davey/wife/35/Surrey/Census
1851/Rachel Davey/daughter/07/Stratford, Essex/Census
1851/James Davey/son/04/Stratford, Essex/Census
1851/Hannah Frairy/barmaid/28/Fakenham, Norfolk/Census
1851/Ann Ingram/srvant/18/Huntingdonshire/Census
1851/George Orsborne/servant/20/Stratford, Essex/Census
1855/Charles Gabriel Davey/../../../Post Office Directory +
1856/Charles Gabriel Davey/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/James Hadland/Inn Keeper/44/Bister, Oxford/Census
1861/Mary Hadland/Wife/45/Brompton, Berks/Census
1861/Mary E Hadland/Daughter/10/City of London/Census
1861/Amy L Hadland/Daughter/5/City of London/Census
1861/Eliza Robertson/House Servant/24/New Bolmbroke, Lincoln/Census
1861/Amelia Rayswood/House Servant/25/Kent/Census
1861/Emily A Bright/Barmaid/21/Hockley, Essex/Census
1861/John Butler/Waiter/23/St Pancras, Middx/Census
1862/James Hadland/../../../Kelly's Directory
1867/James Hadland/../../../Post Office Directory *
1870/Thomas Freestone Kirby/../../../Kelly's Directory
1871/Thomas Freestone Kirby/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Thomas F Kirby/Licensed Victualler/54/London, Middx/Census
1871/Sarah Kirby/Wife/62/London, Middx/Census
1871/Elizabeth Kirby/Daughter/23/London, Middx/Census
1871/George Kirby/Son/19/London, Middx/Census
1871/Emma Ramsfill/Servant/36/Devonshire/Census
1871/Eliza Bragg//28/Essex/Census
1871/Mary Maria Mia//18/Oxfordshire/Census
1871/Agnes Bell//22/London, Middx/Census
1871/Louisa Barnes//26/London, Middx/Census
1874/John Morley/../../../Kelly's Directory
1878/Alfred Kirby/../../../Kelly's Directory
1881/Samuel Watkins/Licensed Victualler/52/Old Kent Road/Census
1881/Maria Watkins/Wife/54/Stepney/Census
1881/Samuel Watkins/Son, Assistant/29/Shoreditch/Census
1881/Sarah M.A. Watkins/Daughter/26/Shoreditch/Census
1881/Harriet Withall/Sister/26/Uxbridge/Census
1881/Catherine Willey/Barmaid/30/Islington/Census
1881/Susan Baskell/Barmaid/25/Plistore, Hertford/Census
1881/Lizie Savelle/Barmaid/22/Hackney Road/Census
1881/S. J. Fairweather/Barman/17/Holborn/Census
1881/Sarah Dennet/Cook/37/Bethnal Green/Census
1881/Mary A. Newby/Kitchen Maid/17/Kenilworth, Worcester/Census
1881/Elizabeth Spencer/Housemaid/22/Stratford, Essex/Census
1882/Watkins & Son/../../../Kelly's Directory
1886/John Newman/../../../Kelly's Directory
1891/John Newman/Licensed Victualler, Widow/63/Southchurch, Essex/Census
1891/Minnie Lewes/Barmaid/20/Plumstead, Kent/Census
1891/Minnie G Richards/Barmaid/22/Brecon, Wales/Census
1891/Harry R Goodrow/Barman/36/Hackney, London/Census
1891/Archibals Stanton/Barman/18/Knightsbridge, London/Census
1891/Elizabeth A Walsh/Cook/33/Taunton, Devon/Census
1891/Alice Goodey/Domestic/21/Stratford, Essex/Census
1896/Samuel Bell/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Charles H Callaghan/Licensed Victualler/37/Stepney, London/Census
1901/Martha Edwards/Barmaid/23/Bow, London/Census
1901/Gertrude Partridge/Barmaid/20/Olney, Bucks/Census
1901/Edith Crouch/Barmaid/22/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1901/Florence Kneller/Barmaid/23/West Ham, Essex/Census
1901/Hampden T Smith/Barman/17/West Ham, Essex/Census
1901/Emily F Young/Kitchenmaid/27/Hackney, London/Census
1901/Alice Scott/Housemaid/24/West Ham, Essex/Census
1901/Victor Poulton/Assistant Barman/15/Hoddesdon, Herts/Census
1902/William Maddams/../../../Kelly's Directory
1906/William Maddams/../../../Kelly's Directory *
1908/William Maddams/../../../Kelly's Directory
1912/William Maddams/../../../Kelly's Directory
1914/William Maddams/../../../Kelly's Directory *
1917/William Maddams/../../../Kelly's Directory
1922/Moss & Isaacs (Edward Isaacs)/../../../Kelly's Directory *
1925 - 1952/Richard Watts Coman/../../../Kelly's
Directory *
1928/R W Coman/../../../BT Telephone Directory [MARyland 3497]
1934/Rd Watts Coman/../../../Kelly's Directory
1938/Coman's Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Coman's Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1988/Mr J G McCann/../../../Trumans List
1990/Mr J G McCann/../../../Trumans List
* Provided by Ewan
*+ Provided by Mike Smith
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
Provided by Kevan
* Provided by Christina
+ Provided by Stephen Harris
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