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Mr Herbert and Mrs Ethel Mary Swanwick.

In the Deeds for Old Mill Cottage (then known as Ivy Cottage), Mr and Mrs Swanwick are recorded as owners from 1930 to 1963 – before this, the couple lived at The Laurels, Hickling:

• Herbert Swanwick born Q4 1874 (Bingham District) – mother’s maiden name, Simpson. Baptised 1^st November 1874 in Cotgrave (parents Thomas and Ann Swanwick).
• Census 1881 (Main Rd Cotgrave):
  • Thomas Swanwick age 50, 1831, Ag Lab – born Shelford, Notts
  • Ann Swanwick age 39, 1842 – born Cotgrave
  • George Swanwick, son, age 10, 1871 – born Cotgrave
  • Herbert Swanwick, son, age 6, 1875 – born Cotgrave
  • Mary Louisa Swanwick, daughter, age 4, 1877 – born Cotgrave
  • Emma Swanwick, granddaughter, age 6, 1875 – born Cotgrave
  • Sarah A Simpson, niece, age 0, 1881 – born Cotgrave.
• Marriage record: Herbert Swanwick to Ethel Mary Plowman Q3 1904 (Loughborough District)
• Census 1911 (158, Carlton Rd, Worksop);
  • Herbert Swanwick age 36, 1875, police constable – born Cotgrave
  • Ethel Mary Swanwick age 31, 1880 – born Asfordby, Leics
• (Wadkin notes); “Mr Herbert Swanwick, a retired policeman, was engaged as a Special Constable in the village. He walked or cycled around at night to make sure there was not the slightest sign of a light showing.”
• (Wadkin Archives – W0067 photograph); “Late 1940s/early 1950s Mr Swanwick can be seen carrying a bucket (possibly full of drinking water from a neighbour’s pump as mains water hadn’t arrived in Hickling) and entering his garden gate. During the war years he was the Special Constable for Hickling.”
• (Wadkin Archives – W0470 photograph); Mrs Ethel Swanwick is pictured at a Mother’s Union event on the Rectory lawn, June 28^th 1951.
• Electoral Roll: Herbert Swanwick is first recorded in Hickling in 1928.
• At the time of the conveyance in 1930, Mr Swanwick is living at The Laurels in Hickling.
• 1939 Register: Main Street, Ivy Cottage (position in the order of the records places them at Old Mill Cottage)
  • Herbert Swanwick (born 5^th September 1874) – pensioned police constable, now first police reserve
  • Ethel M Swanwick (born 1^st January 1880) – unpaid domestic duties
• Death record for Herbert Swanwick; 5^th November 1950 (Hickling), age 76 – probate 18^th January 1951:
  • Swanwick Herbert of Ivy Cottage Hickling Nottinghamshire died 5^th November 1950 Probate Nottingham 16^th January to Ethel Mary Swanwick widow and Ernest Edman Blanchard company director. Effects £1274.19s.7d.
• Death record for Ethel Mary Swanwick; Q1 1966 (Basford District) age 86.
  • Ethel Swanwick left Ivy Cottage in c. 1963; on the conveyance her occupation is given as ‘Matron – care of the aged’ – her address is the same as her probate record.
  • Died 5^th March 1966 in Beeston; probate 18^th April 1966.
  • “Swanwick Ethel Mary of The Hassocks Queens Rd East Beeston Nottinghamshire died 3^rd March 1966 Probate Nottingham 18^th April to Ethel Amelia Blanchard married woman and David Spence Corder solicitor. £2815.”