Pub history

The Swan & Angel

By the end of the Middle Ages, St Ives’ fair had nearly disappeared, replaced by the weekly livestock market – the ‘Monday Market’. In the 18th and 19th centuries, St Ives’ market was said to be second in size only to London’s Smithfield Market. It was why the town had more pubs than anywhere else, with 64 recorded since 1838. The Swan and The Angel, marked on an early 18th-century map of St Ives, stood on a site next door but one to this Wetherspoon pub.