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16 High Street, Swavesey
Swavesey High Street map OS 1901
1871: Black Horse
George Few, shoemaker, b Willingham
Drusilla, shoemaker’s wife, b Willingham
Edrick, b Willingham
Minna M, b Swavesey
Victor C, b Swavesey
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1881: (38 High Street)
Joseph Metcalfe, 46, licensed victualler and thatcher, b Swavesey
Sarah, 46, b Swavesey
Mary A, 20, dressmaker, b Swavesey
Thomas, 15, b Swavesey
Joseph, 12, b Swavesey
John, 10, b Swavesey
Albert, 6, b Swavesey
Martha Key, boarder, 1, b Swavesey
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1891: (3 High Street) the Black Horse, Pub House
Joseph Metcalfe, thatcher and licensed victualler
Sarah
Jane, 27, dressmaker, b Swavesey
Thomas, 25, tailor
Albert, 16, thatcher’s labourer
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1901:
John M Hodson, 54, thatcher and innkeeper, b Swavesey
Rosetta, 54, b Swavesey
Rose H, 27, dressmaker, b Swavesey
Kate, 22, dressmaker, b Swavesey
Bert, 16, carpenter apprentice, b Swavesey
Harry, 12
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This pub closed in 1912.
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