Swanswell Tavern, White Street

Alternative Addresses:Swanswell Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
c18351980SWANSWELL TAVERN
19801988WHITE SWAN
19882005McGUIGANS BAR
20052015SWANSWELL TAVERN
PhotoSwanswell Tavern This became the WHITE SWAN, and later McGUIGANS BAR. In 2005 it reverted to the SWANSWELL TAVERN. The pub then only occupied part of the original building. In 2015 it became 'Creams' ice-cream restaurant.


This name refers to a local pool, the Swanswell, which was the source of much of the water used in ancient Coventry.

LICENSEES:

1861 Thomas Cole 1868 - 1879 Mrs Mary Russell 1886 - 1891 J. Russell 1893 - 1896 Mrs Emma Hough 1903 - 1909 J. Wigston 1912 - 1922 Alfred Hewitt 1924 T. Carter 1926 - 1927 T. R. Tudman 1933 - 1940 J. T. Rippon 1962 Cyril Bowns (see also Hertford Tavern, Hertford Place)
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