SWAN - GILLINGHAM

The Swan - Gillingham - April 1998
April 1998

c1934/5 image thanks to Paul Griffiths & Peter Boon.
c1934/5 - The original house is seen at extreme left.
The central building is the Saddle Makers.
The new Swan is behind, nearing completion.
Image thanks to Peter Boon, via Paul Griffiths.

(Photograph taken from same approximate position as 1998 one above)

The Hundred of Cleveland Petty Sessions were held here Monday 24th September 1753.

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	Ann Crockett married Timothy Mickleburgh. The will of Anne Mickleburgh was written June 1769 ...hereby give and devise in it and appoint unto my son Charles Mickleburgh All that the messuages or tenements in Gillingham aforesaid called The Swan with the Houses, Outhouses, Edifices, Buildings, Yards, Gardens, Lands, Meadows, Marshes and Hereditaments thereto belonging now in the occupation of me the said Anne Mickleburgh and John James my son in law and also such Commonages and shares or rights of Commonage as belong or are reputed to belong to the same To Hold unto my said son Charles his heirs and assignees for ever charged and chargeable nevertheless with the payment of the several Legacies arising of twenty pounds and twenty pounds in and by the Will of my late deceased Husband given and made payable to my son Arthur and to my daughter Susanna the wife of the said John James respectively within six months next after my decease... Arthur died 1789
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	THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me Charles Mickleburgh of Gorleston in the County of Suffolk Grocer made this eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One... Whereas by Indenture of Lease and Release dated respectively the fourteenth and fifteenth of April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Two made previous to my Intermarriage with my said wife All that my messuage or tenement situate and being in Gillingham Saint Mary called or known by the name The Swan with the Outhouses Edifices Buildings Yards Gardens Lands Meadows Marshes Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging late in the occupation of John James and now or late in the occupation of my sister Susanna James or her assigns were settled and assured to the use of me for life with remainder to the use of my said wife for life remainder to the use of such child or children whether male or female on the body of my said wife by me the said Charles Mickleburgh lawfully to be begotten in such manner and in such parts and proportions as we should jointly direct or appoint and for want of such joint direction or appointment. The Will was proved on 28th July 1783.
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	Susanna James, widow, married John Berry on 21st August 1781. Thanks to John Mickleburgh for the information in the Wills - 01.2021

Included in Loddon & Clavering Register taken 21st September 1789.

Shown on Bryant's 1826 map

On Tuesday 12 March 1807, the landlord (un-named) of the Swan offered a prize of a Chemise, for a run by six fillies. It afforded an excellent sport for a large assemblage of beaux and belles from the vicinity. After three heats Mr. G's Ginger was triumphant.

All the neat and valuable Household Furniture, bed and table lined, dairy and washing utensils, pewter beer and liquor measures, liquor stands with brass tops, and various other requisites necessary in conducting an Inn were to be Sold by Auction Thursday and Friday, 26th and 27th September 1844. Also horses, hogs, ponies, milch cows, tumbrel, harness, &c., the property of the late Mr. John Cleveland, deceased.

Lot No. 4 in the sale of the Geldeston Brewery Wednesday 1st April 1858.
Purchased by Youngs for £610.