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Three Swans Hotel, Apr 2012 — img_3884
Three Swans Hotel, Apr 2012

Three Swans Hotel, Apr 2012

Three Swans Hotel, c1876 — uhs-053
Three Swans Hotel, c1876

Three Swans Hotel, c1876

Three Swans Hotel, c1900 — uhs-046a
Three Swans Hotel, c1900

Three Swans Hotel, c1900

Three Swans Hotel, c1900 — uhs-050 lantern slide
Three Swans Hotel, c1900

Three Swans Hotel, c1900

Three Swans Courtyard, c1905 — uhs-047 c1905
Three Swans Courtyard, c1905

Three Swans Courtyard, c1905

Three Swans Courtyard, c1950 — uhs-051
Three Swans Courtyard, c1950

Three Swans Courtyard, c1950

Flyer for The Three Swans Hotel c1976. Note the erroneous reference to John O'Gaunt entrusting Hungerford to the townspeople "after the Civil War"! — 3 swans flyer c1976-01
Flyer for The Three Swans Hotel c1976. Note the erroneous reference to John O'Gaunt entrusting Hungerford to the townspeople "after the Civil War"!

Flyer for The Three Swans Hotel c1976. Note the erroneous reference to John O'Gaunt entrusting Hungerford to the townspeople "after the Civil War"!

Flyer for The Three Swans Hotel c1976. Note the erroneous reference to John O'Gaunt entrusting Hungerford to the townspeople "after the Civil War"! — 3 swans flyer c1976-02
Flyer for The Three Swans Hotel c1976. Note the erroneous reference to John O'Gaunt entrusting Hungerford to the townspeople "after the Civil War"!

Flyer for The Three Swans Hotel c1976. Note the erroneous reference to John O'Gaunt entrusting Hungerford to the townspeople "after the Civil War"!

Three Swans Hotel, Mar 2007 — p3030933
Three Swans Hotel, Mar 2007

Three Swans Hotel, Mar 2007

Front Elevation of the Three Swans Hotel c1966. Drawn by John Brooks in Oct 1984 — 3 swans front elevation c1966
Front Elevation of the Three Swans Hotel c1966. Drawn by John Brooks in Oct 1984

Front Elevation of the Three Swans Hotel c1966. Drawn by John Brooks in Oct 1984

Ground floor plan the Three Swans Hotel c1966. Drawn by John Brooks in Oct 1984 — 3 swans ground floor plan c1966
Ground floor plan the Three Swans Hotel c1966. Drawn by John Brooks in Oct 1984

Ground floor plan the Three Swans Hotel c1966. Drawn by John Brooks in Oct 1984

Resort Hotels upgrade - 30th Jan 1991 — 3 swans 1991
Resort Hotels upgrade - 30th Jan 1991

Resort Hotels upgrade - 30th Jan 1991

Cover of Will Swales' booklet on the history of The Three Swans hotel, Jan 2019. — 20190100 Three Swans
Cover of Will Swales' booklet on the history of The Three Swans hotel, Jan 2019.

Cover of Will Swales' booklet on the history of The Three Swans hotel, Jan 2019.

The Three Swans, 27 Feb 2021. — 20210227 13.16.12
The Three Swans, 27 Feb 2021.

The Three Swans, 27 Feb 2021.

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