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Swan Tavern, 1 Balaam Street, Plaistow
History of
Plaistow
Swan, 1 Balaam Street, Plaistow - in January 2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1867/William Kingsman/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1870/William John Kingsman/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1872/William John Kingsman/Beer Retailer/../../Petty Sessions ****
1874/William John Kingsman /Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1878/William John Kingsman/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1881/William J. Kingsman/Beerhouse Keeper/40/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1881/Caroline Kingsman/Wife/38/St. George in the East, Middlesex/Census
1882/William John Kingsman/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1886/William John Kingsman/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
William Kingsman who ran the pub for several years was a cousin of mine.
William's wife Caroline (nee Best) died in 1886. He remarried in 1888 to
Elizabeth Bush but died himself in 1889.
Elizabeth was living and working at the Swan in 1891, she is listed as a
Beer and Wine retailer. *
1891/Robert Bush/Father, Manager Beer House/48/Dagenham, Essex/Census *
1891/Elizabeth Kingsman/Head, Beer & Wine Retailer, widow/22/Plaistow,
Essex/Census
1891/Caroline Bush/Sister, Barmaid/19/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1891/Louisa E Bush/Sister, Domestic Servant/15/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1891/Beatrice L Kingsman/Daughter/2/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1891/Nellie E Gaunt/Boarder/14/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1891/John Warwick/Visitor/45/Scotland/Census
1896/Thos T Price/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
* Provided by Derrick Watson
**** Provided by Kevan
Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address.
The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. The site is updated every day.
Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions.
All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission.
The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire
Oxfordshire, and Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.
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