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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the three longest surviving inns were the Chequers, the Swan, and the Black Horse, said to have divided trade between … post chaises, stage coaches, and stage waggons. 46 The Swan, at the corner of High Street and Long Lane, was … in the 18th century it was known successively as the Black Swan, the Swan, and the White Swan. It had ceased to be used …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 141 who sold most of his Foxton land in 1568 to John Swan of Newton. 142 The manorial rights, purchased before …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the later 18th century there were two inns, called the Swan and the Pole Axe in 1780, but from 1784 there was only the Swan, which closed c. 1853; from 1782 until c. 1847 it was …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of the descent from this date until 1600, when William Swan held the manor; his son, who was afterwards knighted, … died seised in 1620. 107 In 1630 Thomas son of Sir William Swan, kt., conveyed it to John Evelyn, 108 in whose family it …
A History of the County of Bedford
… erected in 1825. Beyond this again are the Anchor and Swan Inns, where the road emerges into open country past Bury …
A History of the County of Oxford
… became in 1782 the 'Royal Oak' and then from 1794 the 'Swan'. A third Great Bourton inn, the 'Greyhound', is …