Walton-le-Dale (Higher Walton) - Swan Inn

Name: Swan Inn

Address: 18 Church Terrace, Higher Walton, Walton-le-Dale

Dating back to the 1700s the Swan Inn is one of the areas oldest inns still trading today, and remains a very traditional public house inside and out.

Listed landlords at the inn were Hugh Marghison (1824), Richard Reid (1834), John Statter (1841-48), Mary (& her brother George) Greenwood (1856-71), William Parkinson (1875), Paul Greenwood (1881), Richard Dickinson (1885-91), John Rawcliffe (1901), John William Saul (1911-24), Robert J Reed (1939).

1824 Baines Directory - Hugh Marghison

1834 Pigot's Directory - Richard Reed

1841 Census John Statter

1844 OS Map

1848 Slater's Directory - John Statter

1851 Census William Horsefield

Back in 1851 landlord William Horsefield was assisted behind the bar by Mary Greenwood a servant and bar maid, so following his death in 1856 it came as little surprise that she would take over the inn, her brother George moving in to assist her in running the business. She hailed from the village of Wheelton and William from Tockholes, which is nearby and where he was buried after his death.

1854 Mannex Directory William Horsefield

Name: William Horsefield

Probate: Date 22 Aug 1856

Probate Place: Swan Inn, Moons Mill, Walton-Le-Dale Blackburn

Occupation: Gentleman, Formerly Landlord

1856 Burial William Horsefield at Tockholes

1861 Census Mary Greenwood

1868 Electoral Role George Greenwood

1869 Slater's Directory - M & G Greenwood

1871 Census George & Mary Greenwood

1875 Electoral Role William Parkinson

1881 Census Paul Greenwood

1885 Electoral Role - Richard Dickinson

1891 Census Richard Dickinson

1901 Census John Rawcliffe

1909 OS Map

1911 Census John William Saul

1921 Census John William Saul

1924 Kelly's Directory - John William Saul

1939 Register Robert Reed

1939 Electoral Role Robert J Reed