The Maiden's Head, later The Maidenhead, was what is now known as Store House on The Quay. A public house under the name of Maidenheads Inn was located on the quay from the late 1600s and was renamed around 1750 to The White Swan then The Swan, possibly at the behest of the church wardens who dined there annually. There is an entry in the ledgers of contributions to the poor of a Mr Scrambler at the Swan in 1726.

With the Anchor to one side and the Rose and Crown, from about 1764, on the other as larger competitors and The Woolpack [Ship at Launch] and Sailors Return also on The Quay, the Swan struggled to attract sufficient trade. Following a number of closures and re-openings in the 1700s it finally closed in 1805.

Publicans:
1726: Scrambler ?
1762: John Harvey
1769: William Pugesley
1770: Margaret Whitley
1775: William Sanford
1780: Thomas Brown
1786: Martin Brown
1788: Jacob (Hudson
1793: Evangelist Bloomfield
1799: Robert Sayer Munnings
1800: John Denton