The Swan Hotel

The Tudway family leased and then owned and maintained the Swan Hotel for over a hundred years between 1769 and 1885. It may have served as accommodation and an entertainment venue for visitors to the family in Wells.

Related Talks & Resources

Talks and Resources connected to The Swan Hotel

These talks reveal the findings of historical research that connects The Swan Hotel to transatlantic slavery and considers the enduring legacies that exist today.

Tommy Maddinson speaking (credit Kate Pearce)
Talk, Video

Wells, the West Country and the Atlantic World: what’s slavery got to do with it?

Tommy Maddinson
Exeter University & UCL
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Stephanie Mathivet speaking about the Tudways. Credit image to Kate Pearce.
Video, Talk

Who were the Tudways? Where did they come from and where did the money go?

Stephanie Mathivet
Author
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Parham Hill today
Video, Talk

The Legacy of Slavery in Antigua, and a Call for Reparations

Joy Lawrence OH
Antiguan Historian, Author and Poet
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The People

People and families connected to The Swan Hotel

The Swan Hotel has a complex history involving individuals and families who were involved in the transatlantic slave trade. It’s important to acknowledge their role and remember the enslaved people impacted by their actions.
Portrait of Charles Tudway, MP.

The Tudway Family

The Tudway family were important politicians and significant landowners in Wells, as well as owners of enslaved Africans on their plantation in Antigua.
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