Swan

14 Back Street

Wittersham

01797 270913

https://whatpub.com/swan

Above postcard circa 1955. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard, dated 1971, kindly sent by Peter Checksfield.

Above photo, date unknown showing the former "Swan."

Above photo, 2011.

Above photo, 2025.

Above photo 2025.

Above photo 2025.

Above photo 2025.

Above sign 2015, kindly sent by Brian Curtis.

Awaiting picture of Whitbread sign. If anyone should have an image please email me, address at bottom. Above aluminium card issued 1950. Sign series 2 number 42.

The Swan was originally one of the 13 tied houses, within the estate of Sharpe & Winch's Baker's Cross Brewery, Cranbrook, which (in 1928) was sold to Frederick Leney's Phoenix Brewery, Wateringbury. Since Leney's had themselves been acquired by Whitbread's in 1927, the Swan effectively became a Whitbread tied house.

It later became a restaurant and changed name to the "Oxney Gourmet Pie and Burger Bar." (What a mouthful.)

Evidently that too reverted back to the "Swan" again on 2 June 2022 after a lengthy time of closure, and in 2025 closed and was up for sale for £595,000.

LICENSEE LIST

BRANN Bridget 1851+ (age 30 in 1851)

SPRINGETT George 1861+ (age 42 in 1861)

SELMER John 1871+ (age 41 in 1871)

CARPENTER William 1881-82+ (age 47 in 1881)

BURLEY James 1891+ (age 60 in 1891)

CURTIS Maria Mrs 1901-07+ (widow age 65 in 1901)

HATCHELL Charles John 1911+ (age 39 in 1911)

RANSOM Arthur 1918+

GILDON Ernest 1922+

WOODLEY Clement Aug 1927-38+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/Swan.shtml

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

Census