The Swan Public House, Tingrith

The former Swan public house, February 2016

The Swan Public House: High Street, Tingrith 

The Swan public house is first mentioned in a register of alehouse licences from 1822 to 1828 [ref: CL/P13]. The building was a pub for around 150 years from the 1820s to 1977. The building is a whitewashed brick building from the early 19th^h century.

In 1918 The Swan was sold as a lot in the sale of Tingrith Manor [ref: HN7/1/TIN1]. It is noted as being leased to Morris & Co, Ampthill.

In 1922 The Swan was leased from Stewart Butler Hubbard for 14 years [ref: WB/Green4/1/VP11].

The pub closed on 27th October 1977 and is now a private building and named ‘The Old Swan House’.

List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:

• 1822-1828: Ralph Hill;
• 1847-1854: Thomas Brittain;
• 1862-1876: Henry Brinkler;
• 1931: Robert Kingsley;
• 1940: Henry W Browett;
• 1954-1959: Sidney James Harris;
• 1959: Walter Newman Lamb;
• 1965-1977: Ivor Douglas Sargent.
• 1977: Ernest Albert Raymond Mole

List of sources at Bedfordshire Archives: 

• CL/P13: Register of alehouse licences: 1822 - 1828
• PSW3/1: Register of Alehouse Licences:1868-1949
• HN7/1/TIN1: Sale catalogue of Tingrith Manor, 1918
• WB/Green4/1/VP11: Assignment of leases, 1926
• PSA5/2: Register of Alehouse Licences: 1934-1959
• PSW3/2: Register of Alehouse Licences: 1949-1953
• WB/Green4/5/Ti/S/1-3: Black and white pictures of The Swan, 1950s