Samuel Richardson must have visited my family’s tavern when he wrote his famous novel Clarissa. He may have written his opinion through her eyes, so what did he think?
The West Family 1700-1800
Dining in Brentford: visiting the Swan Tavern
The tavern landlord during this period was often a man of substance, ranking above the tradesmen of the town. What was it like to dine an C18 tavern?
The West Family 1801-1900
The House by the Steps Part 1
In its former days, the house stood in a picturesque and salubrious situation with market gardens and fields along its eastern bank, away from the […]
The West Family 1700-1800
The Building of the Swan Tavern
After the calamitous events of the Civil War, where it was said ‘the most barbarous outrages were committed in the town, and the inhabitants cruelly…’