A Historic Trail around Swanbourne By Ken Harris Starting from the Betsey Wynne Public House, this is how it starts:- (1) From The Betsey Wynne, turn right along Mursley Road. A few houses along on the right, is what used to be the Swan pub, now a private house. This was the last of the […]

Published References Reading, K (1994)  –  Swanbourne – A History of an Anglo-Saxon Town.  Publ. by Short Run Press Ltd., Exeter.  IBSN 0-95246-350-4 Arthur Clear (1888) : A Thousand Years of Winslow Life Arthur Clear’s History of Swanbourne, Bucks Herald, 30th November, 1895 Swanbourne historic buildings in British History Online:-   http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=121302 Swanbourne Village History […]

Shops in the past The shop in Nearton End (1908) where Mrs Taylor would give credit when others would not. Reading 1994, P.103.                                               The Co-operative Stores in 1910 (Right).  After becoming infested […]