letters from Forrester Sylvester Mackett Solicitors to David Tomlins s relating to the Assent and First Registration of
Title for the land adjoining The Old Swan, Buckland Road, Bampton

Five handwritten Indenture Legal Documents relating to the sales and mortgages of the Swan Inn and adjoining land dating from 1823 to 1831, Also mentions Turnpike Gate and Kents Weir Gate.
Named in the documents are
John Wright
Rachel Bradshaw Clinch
Mary Vines
William Walcroft
Edward Fisher
Thomas Breakspeare
Edward Fisher
John Roberts
William Hanbury
Henry Whitaker
James Ward
Jonathan Arnatt

Mr & Mrs Harry Sollis owned and ran the Swan Inn in Buckland road for many years. In the last few years, Mrs Sollis ran it as a widow. Emmie Papworth, nee Bishop was a relative and adored Mrs Sollis; Emmie is seen with her in two of these pictures and her son Tom is with them in one of them. Mrs Sollis eventually sold The Swan by auction October 1st 1964; it was bought by Tim Tomlins.