Anna Bella McCreadie came to Farndon not long after her husband William passed away in 1893. They had run the White Hart in Market Place, Warrington. It's possible she was encouraged to move to Farndon to run a less demanding country pub with the help of her daughters. Her son William, meanwhile, had moved back to Manchester (where he and his siblings were born), to take up the post as a solicitor's clerk.

However, William had returned to the family by 1911, although this was likely to have been a temporary move initially, given the circumstances; the 1911 census was taken on Sunday 2 April, only two weeks after the passing of their mother on 16 Mar 1911. Mary Jane had entered 'daughter' rather than 'Head' on the forms. Understandably, they had not quite come to terms with her death, and what the future held for their tenancy in The Raven.

James moved to the City Arms, one of the oldest pubs in Chester dating back to 1851, which was once run by former Everton player and trainer Charlie Leyfield. James passed away in 1946 and was buried with Nell and their infant son in St Chad's churchyard.

By 1939 Sydney Barton was the licensee, followed by Jack and Doris Wilson, Mrs. Ella Rolfe, Clarence Ronald Jones, Victor Barnard and Harry McCarthey.

The 1970s also saw many changes: Maldwyn Warburton and Peter Smith (1970-72), Alf and Jean Swallow (1972-78), Colin and Janet Burroughs (1978-79), Barry and Joan Fisher (1979-80), and John and Mary Morgan in 1981.

The Raven was later given a refurbishment and opened as The Farndon Arms. This changed again when the homely village pub was given a complete refurb in 2007 by the Admiral Taverns Group and reopened as a gastro-pub simply named The Farndon. It was managed as a family concern by Gary Poole and his sister Sue Whittaker.