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Haverhill Swan

Haverhill Swan

also traded as White Swan

East, 52.08225,0.43708

Closed: 1982

last owner/operator: Greene King

20 Mill Rd

grid reference TL 670 454

It's shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map

old OS map

The Swan has also been listed as being at Chantry Croft.

It closed in 1982; it was a Greene King pub at the time of its closure.

The building has now been converted into flats.

It is well documented**** that the 1667 "Great Fire of Haverhill", which destroyed much of the town, started in an inn called the Swan. It is thought the 17th century building was on a different site, near or on the High Street.

In the March 1981 edition of Last Orders*** it was reported that Graham Attwater and his wife Christine were here offering 3 Greene King beers on handpump. A "basic no frills pub."…

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(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)

(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)

(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)

(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)

(**** historic information from Graham Nunn)

Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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