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 Marginson (1824), Richard Reid (1834), John Statter (1841-48), Mary (& her brother George) Greenwood (1856-77), Henry Ashworth (1877-), 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 Marginson

1834 Pigot's Directory - Richard Reed

1841 Census John Statter

1844 OS Map

1848 Slater's Directory - John Statter

1851 Census William Horsefield

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  July 19, 1851

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

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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

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  Mar. 25, 1865

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  July 21, 1866

1868 Electoral Role George Greenwood

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  Mar. 6, 1869

1869 Slater's Directory - M & G Greenwood

1871 Census George & Mary Greenwood

Contracts are required for the building of the spire of All Saints’ Church, Higher Walton. The plan and specification! may be seen at the house of Messrs. Greenwood, the Swan Inn, Higher Walton, near Preston. March, 1871.

Published: Saturday 11 March 1871

Newspaper: Preston Herald

1875 Electoral Role William Parkinson

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  Dec. 1, 1877

1881 Census Paul Greenwood

To LET

The SWAN INN, Higher Walton, free from tie of the brewery.

Apply 12,Church-street.

Saturday,  Jan. 28, 1882

Publication: Preston Chronicle

1885 Electoral Role - Richard Dickinson

1891 Census Richard Dickinson

1901 Census John Rawcliffe

1909 OS Map

Tribute to an Oddfellow

The officers of the Preston District LU.0.F., M.U., paid an informal visit to the Useful Friend Lodge, held at the Swan Inn, Higher Walton, on Saturday on the occasion of the election of a new secretary. G.M. Batty presided.

Published: Saturday 16 March 1907

Newspaper: Preston Herald

1911 Census John William Saul

Richard Tomlinson, spinning master, 28, Bridge-street, Higher Walton, was summoned for being drunk on the licensed premises of the Swan Inn, Higher Walton. Mr. Woodcock, who appeared...

Published: Friday 06 October 1911

Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post

1921 Census John William Saul

1924 Kelly's Directory - John William Saul

1939 Register Robert Reed

1939 Electoral Role Robert J Reed

A five-week walk from John O'Groats to Land's End. Kevin and three other regulars, including son Stuart, from the Swan Inn, Higher Walton, Preston, are making the 871-mile trek to raise money for the Deepdale Centre for mentally handicapped adults in Preston.

Published: Wednesday 05 August 1987

Newspaper: Morecambe Visitor

County: Lancashire, England