Swan Inn, 216 High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire

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The Oxford Journal for Saturday 21 October 1821: Marriage Announcements:
"At the Abbey Church, St Alban's, Mr Thomas Mann, Officer of Excise, of that place, aged 30, to Mrs Alice Lovatt of the Swann Inn, Watford, a blooming widow of 66; being the third time this sprightly dame has been led to the hymeneal altar." *

1851/Joseph Coote/Swan/../../Post Office Directory

1851/Joseph Coote/Licensed Victualler/33/Denston, Suffolk/Census
1851/Maria Coote/Wife/35/Harrow, Middlesex/Census
1851/Edward Coote/Son/11/Harrow, Middlesex/Census
1851/Maria Coote/Daughter/9/Willesden, Middlesex/Census
1851/Infant Coote/Son/1 week/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Mary Brunt/Monthly Nurse, Widow/51/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Richard Rolph/Potman/28/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census

1855/Joseph Coote/Swan, & brickmaker/../../Post Office Directory

1861/Joseph Coote/Publican & Brickmaker/42/Denston, Suffolk/Census
1861/Maria Coote/Wife/45/Harrow, Middlesex/Census
1861/Edward Coote/Son, Fellmongers Clerk/21/Harrow, Middlesex/Census
1861/Maria Coote/Daughter/19/Willesden, Middlesex/Census
1861/Joseph Coote/Son/10/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/George Turner/Odd Boy/16/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census

1871/William Horton/Smith Master & Inn Keeper/35/Totenhoe, Bedfordshire/Census
1871/Emma Ann Horton/Wife/29/Wistow, Huntingdon/Census
1871/William Horton/Son/5/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Martha Florence Horton/Daughter/3 months/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Edward Hughes/Domestic Servant/28/Chester/Census

My ancestor Lance Tapley Simmons used to be the landlord of the Swan. He had the pub from 1866 until 1870, and then moved to the One Bell in 1874, and then the Victoria Tavern in 1890. My G-G Grandfather Thomas Simmons ran the Victoria Tavern in 1881 until 1890 when Lance took over. ***

1866/Lance Simmons/Swan/../../Post Office Directory

1881/Walter Halsey/Inn Keeper/28/Watford, Hertford/Census
1881/Eliza Halsey/Sister, Housekeeper/26/Watford, Hertford/Census
1881/Kate Halsey/Sister, Barmaid/20/Watford, Hertford/Census

1882/Walter Halsey/../../../Post Office Directory

1886/Walter William Raggett/../../../Post Office Directory

1890/Walter William Raggett/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Walter William Raggett/Publican/38/Hemel Hempstead, Herts/Census
1891/Alice Catherine Raggett/Wife/28/Kingstone, Herts/Census
1891/Mabel Helen Raggett/Daughter/5/Watford, Herts/Census
1891/Walter Edgar Raggett/Son/2/Watford, Herts/Census

1901/Walter W Raggett/Licensed Victualler/49/Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Alice C Raggett/Wife/38/Kingstone, Hereford/Census
1901/Mabel H Raggett/Daughter/15/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Walter E Raggett/Son/12/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census

1912/Joseph Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory

1922/J H Greenway/../../../Post Office Directory

1926/George Mason Blakeley/../../../Post Office Directory

1929/Albert Boddy/../../../Post Office Directory

1933/Albert Boddy/../../../Post Office Directory

1937/Albert Boddy/../../../Post Office Directory

In 1939 at 216 High Street, Watford - the Swan Inn
Albert Boddy, Publican, born 12 Oct 1883
Clara Boddy, Unpaid Domestic Duties, born 29 Nov 1887
Albert S Boddy, Butcher's Assistant, born 24 Sep 1916
Donald E Boddy, Fishmonger, born 06 Sep 1918




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