The High Street was earlier listed as Holywell Street, this being the Swan, Holywell Street in the 1866 license transfer. The pub closed before 1983 and was most recently in use as a coffee bar. The premises are now boarded up and at risk of demolition. **
Shoreditch index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Shoreditch, East London.
White Swan, 196 High Street, Shoreditch - in September 2006
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1802/Joseph Drew, Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1811/J Jenkins, wine & brandy merchant, 196 Shoreditch/../../Holdens Directory
1827/Job Jeffkins, Swan, 196 High street, Shoreditch/../../Pigots Directory
1832/Henry Jenkins/../../../Robsons Directory
1839/Thomas Griffin/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1841/Thomas Griffin & Son./../../../Post Office Directory **
1842/Thomas Griffin/../../../Robsons Directory
1844/Thomas Griffin & Son./../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1851/William W Griffin/Victualler/40/Banbury, Oxfordshire/Census
1851/Edward Griffin/Brother, Victualler/26/Bermondsey/Census
1851/Elizabeth Griffin/Sister in Law/29/Shipston on Stour,
Warwickshire/Census
1851/Arthur Griffin/Nephew/7 months/Shoreditch/Census
1851/William Walker/Shopman/27/Soho/Census
1851/Charles Heritage/Shopman/28/Northamptonshire/Census
1851/James Washbrook/Porter/25/Warwickshire/Census
1851/William Savage/Boy/18/Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Ann Forrester/House Servant/29/Finsbury/Census
1851/Elizabeth Forrester/House Servant/17/Gloucestershire/Census
September 1860/William Hudson Griffin/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1860/Edmund Griffin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1861/Edmond Griffin/Spirit Merchant/35/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/Elizabeth Griffin/Wife/39/Thesselstone in Stoke, Worcestershire/Census
1861/Arthur Griffin/Son/10/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1861/Joseph Newbould/Cousin, Barman/36/Berwickshire/Census
1861/William Parker/Barman/20/St Giles, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry Weydon/Barman/22/St Georges, Surrey/Census
1861/George Bullock/Barman/30/Long Melford, Suffolk/Census
January 1866/Edmund Griffin/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1866/Joseph Newland/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1872/Newland & Griffin/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
1874/Joseph Newland & Arthur Griffin / Licensed Victuallers & Wine and
Spirit Merchants /../../London Gazette, 13 November 1874 **
20th May 1876/Jospeh Newland/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
20th May 1876/Decimus Newland/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1881/Decimus Newland/Licensed Victualler/49/Pillerton, Warwick/Census
1881/Mary Newland/Wife/50/Preston On Stour, Gloucester/Census
1881/Mary Manning/Domestic Servant/22/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lucy Cutler/Barmaid/28/Christchurch, Hampshire/Census
1881/William Pateman/Barman/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Trivett/Barman/20/Sherborn, Dorset/Census
1882/Joseph Newland/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Post Office Directory
1884/Joseph Newland/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Joseph Newland/../../../Business Directory of London **
1891/Alfred Allen/Publican/33/Merton, Surrey/Census
1891/Hannah Allen/Wife/29/Shoreditch, London/Census
1891/Frank Brett/Barman/24/Old Ford, Middlesex/Census
1891/Arthur Ayres/Barman/17/East Malling, Kent/Census
1891/Godfrey/Leatham/Barman/20/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1891/Elizabeth Palmer/Domestic Servant/21/Devon/Census
1894/Alfred Allen/../../../Black Sheep List **
1899/Frank Walter Rehm/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Frank Rayner/Public House Manager/30/Tillingham, Essex/Census
1901/May Rayner/Wife/31/Doncaster, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Jane Green/Barmaid/21/Forest gate, Essex/Census
1901/Lizzie Gough/Barmaid/19/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Mary A Thompson/Barmaid/26/Cambridge Heath, London/Census
1901/Walter Cobbett/Barman/24/Ramsgate, Kent/Census
1901/Thos W Hill/Barman/32/Bow, London/Census
1901/Fanny Ford/Barmaid/32/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1901/Edith Leary/General Servant/27/Northampton/Census
1901/John Joyce/Potman/30/../Census
1910/Frank Walter Rehm/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Horace Jefferies/Licensed Victualler/48/Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire/Census
1911/Laura Jefferies/Wife/48/Scotland/Census
1911/Christina Fichard/Cook, Widow/39/Belfast, Ireland/Census
1911/Edith Lording/Kitchenmaid/28/Lewisham, Kent/Census
1911/Charles Dorham/Barman/31/Shepperton, Middlesex/Census
1911/Frank Godfrey/Barman/24/Faversham, Kent/Census
1911/Maggie May Dye/Barmaid/31/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1911/Gertrude Cooper/Barmaid/26/Poplar/Census
1911/George Swan/Potman/57/Lowickm Northamptonshire/Census
1911/Nellie Franks/Housemaid/24/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1912/Frank Walter Rehm/../../../Post Office Directory **
1915/Frank Walter Rehm/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Frank Walter Rehm/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Mr F W Rehm/../../../Survey of London **
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