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16 High Street, Swavesey16 High Street, Black Horse, Swavesey
History of the Black Horse, 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
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
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
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
This pub closed in 1912.
High Street c.1900, (L) general stores of Harry Williams, Post Office with queue, Sir Harry Smith pub which became Post Office, (R) Black Horse public house, bake house of Mr George Key taken over by son Henry until it closed c.1947, Mr Walter Spalton’s butchers closed in 1970s. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)
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