White Hart
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There are still many inns and pubs in England that sport a sign of the white hart, the fifth most popular name for a pub.[2][unreliable source?]
Notable British inns called the White Hart
Barnes, London
"Ye White Hart" in
Bletchingley
The Whyte Hart Hotel in Bletchingley is said to have been founded in 1388. It was featured in a segment of a Pathé News documentary filmed in 1958 that focused on archaic dishes and methods of food preparation still in use there.[3]
Braintree
The White Hart Hotel in Braintree dates back as far as the 14th Century in its current guise, and was placed at the crossroad of two Roman roads that form the centre of Braintree town and Bocking. It was a coaching inn that ran services to Sudbury and Norwich daily, up until the arrival of the railway in 1848. It has recently had a renovation by its current owners.
Brentwood
The White Hart in
Canterbury
The facade of The White Hart in Canterbury dates from Victorian times, but is reputed to be built on the site of St Mary de Castro, demolished around 1486,[5] the mortuary of which is now the pub's cellar and still has a body chute. The small park next door, crossed by a diagonal path, is the graveyard, with gravestones lined up against the wall. The pub has a very nice garden, which used to hold bat and trap matches in the summer.
Coggeshall
Part of a quaint market village on the route between Braintree and Colchester, the White Hart Inn at Coggeshall dates back as far as 1420, and still has many of its original features, notably the timber rooms housing up to 18 beds. There is also a large meeting room available for hire.
Colyford
The White Hart Inn in Colyford sits on the A3052, which runs along the south coast from Bridport to Exeter.[6]
Crawley
Dartington, Totnes
The White Hart is the name of the bar and restaurant within the estate of
Edinburgh
In Edinburgh, "The White Hart" is an inn in the
Hampshire
There is a string of White Hart pubs along what was one of the old main coaching inn roads from London to
Henfield
The White Hart pub in Henfield, West Sussex was built in 1777, and sits alongside the A2037 road between Worthing and London.[12]
Hingham
The White Hart in Hingham, Norfolk is a town centre boutique hotel and gastropub.[13]
Hull
"The Olde White Harte" in Silver Street, Kingston upon Hull, was built c.1660, and remodelled in 1881 as a romantic re-imagining of a 17th-century inn. The exterior is in the Artisan Mannerist style, the interior has extensive wood panelling, including 17th century work; the building is Grade II* listed. Local legend, thought to originate in the 19th century and now considered unlikely to be correct, links the building with Sir John Hotham, and the English Civil War;[14] the wood panelled first floor room known as the "Oak Room" or "Plotting Parlour" is the supposed location where Sir John Hotham and others took the decision to refuse King Charles I entry to the town, precipitating the First Siege of Hull.[15]
"The White Hart" is in Alfred Gelder Street, Kingston upon Hull. It was built in 1904 and frequented by the poet Philip Larkin, who gave a talk to the Jazz Record Society entitled ‘My Life and Death as a Record Reviewer’ here in 1977.[16]
Isle of Wight
The White Hart in Havenstreet is close to the main centre of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and has a railway theme.
Llangybi
The White Hart in Llangybi was first built in the early 16th century and was to become the property of Henry VIII as part of Jane Seymour's wedding dowry, while a century later Oliver Cromwell is reputed to have used it as his headquarters in Monmouthshire during the English Civil War. The interior still retains no fewer than 11 fireplaces from the 17th century, a wealth of exposed beams, original Tudor period plasterwork and even a priest hole.
For years, students of English literature were mystified by a couple of lines in the poem 'Usk' written by
London (Drury Lane)
The White Hart at 191 Drury Lane, one of central London's best-known streets, has existed since the 15th century.[19]
Mitcham, London
The White Hart,
Ringwood
The White Hart at Ringwood in the New Forest is said to have been the first pub so named, after King Henry VII caught such a beast nearby, had it leashed and led it back to the town in triumph, a legend with the flavour of political allegory.[23]
Rowen, Conwy
White Hart Road is the name given to a section of hill land road enclosed from common land in the parish of Caerhun high above the village of Rowen, in the Conwy Valley. It was planned as a new part of the Royal Mail coach road from Llanbedr y Cennin to Abergwyngregyn before the A55 coast road was built linking Chester to Holyhead around Penmaenmawr. The enclosure award still shows the name White Hart, which is very unusual for a road name rather than inns.
Shifnal, Shropshire
The White Hart in Shifnal is a timber-farmed building has been dated back to the 18th century, with later additions. It was named CAMRA Telford Pub of the Year 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Sherborne, Dorset
There is a long-established pub called the White Hart on the high street in Sherborne.
Sonning-on-Thames
The Great House at Sonning in Sonning, Berkshire, on the banks of the River Thames, was formerly known as the White Hart because Richard II's wife, Isabella of Valois was kept prisoner in the village after his death.[citation needed]
South Mimms
The White Hart, South Mimms in Hertfordshire is a Grade II listed pub built in the late 17th century or early 18th century.[24]
Southwark, London
An inn at the sign of the "White Hart" was established in the medieval period on
Also in Southwark, but approximately 0.5 km to the west, the White Hart at 22 Great Suffolk Street was built in 1882. It survived redevelopment of the surrounding area and is now the only Victorian public house on that street.
St Albans
The "White Hart" in
St Keverne
The "White Hart" in St Keverne, Cornwall was the birthplace, in 1764, of the singer and actor Charles Incledon.[citation needed]
Thatcham, Berkshire
The White Hart in Thatcham is mentioned in Coaching Days and Coaching Ways (1888) by W. Outram Tristram.
Wilmington
The White Hart in Wilmington, East Devon is on the A35 road between Honiton and Axminster, where there also was a White Hart attested in the nineteenth century.[29][30]
Witham
The White Hart Inn in Witham, Essex, is situated in the north centre of the town, and has been situated there since the late 13th Century. Based at the top of Newland Street, it sits pretty as one of the many old buildings in the town, and has since 2006 been refurbished to an authentic state that it was originally in.
Witley
The White Hart, the village pub in
American inns
Salisbury, Connecticut
The White Hart Inn in Salisbury, Connecticut is named after one of the Hampshire taverns of the same name.[citation needed] It has operated as a post-road inn since 1867, though its physical structure dates back to 1806, when part of the current building was constructed as a private residence. It has a dining room, a pub, and numerous guest rooms and suites in the main building and in the adjoining Gideon Smith House. It was reported that the White Hart Inn in Salisbury had closed and was for sale as of November 2010. In May 2014, the Inn was sold for $2.9 million to an investor group led by Thomas Conley Rollins Jr., a New York investment banker who has a home in nearby Sharon.[33] The group reopened the property in 2014. The property features 16 guest rooms, three dining rooms, a taproom with a full-service bar, two outdoor dining patios, a large porch with drink service, a ballroom and café. The artwork of Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Terry Winters, Donald Baechler, Hugo Guinness and Duncan Hannah is displayed throughout the premises.[34]
See also
- Heart (band), originally called White Hart
- White stag
- White boar
References
Notes
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- ^ "Pub names: 5.White Hart". Archived from the original on 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- ^ "Oldest Inn". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ Qichina (2006). "Boredtown - Brentwood History". A Grumpy Old Man in Brentwood, Essex muses on small town life. Retrieved 2006-05-08.
- ^ "St Mary de Castro". 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
- ^ "The White Hart Inn". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Gwynne 1990, p. 94.
- ^ Hygate 1994, p. 9.
- ^ Hygate 1994, p. 12.
- ^ Harris, Roland B. (December 2008). "Crawley Historic Character Assessment Report" (PDF). Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS). English Heritage in association with Crawley Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd. 2009. Archived from the originalon 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "Home". whitehart-henfield.co.uk.
- ^ "Home". whitehartnorfolk.co.uk.
- ^ Historic England. "The Old White Hart Inn (1197696)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Sheahan, James Joseph (1864). General and concise history and description of the town and port of Kingston-upon-Hull. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. pp. 605, 106–7.
- ^ "The White Hart". www.thelarkintrail.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ Ezard, John (2003-08-06). "TS Eliot scholar finds answer to pub poet's riddle". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ Ezard, John (2003-08-06). "TS Eliot scholar finds answer to pub poet's riddle". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 246.
- ^ What Pub, White Hart, Mitcham
- ^ Wimbledon Times
- ^ Mitcham History Notes
- ^ The dynastic Wars of the Roses between supporters of the rival houses of Lancaster and York, for the throne of England were begun when the legitimate king, Richard II, was deposed by the Lancastrian Henry of Bolingbroke, and ended in the victory of Henry VII, the Lancastrian claimant, who married the Yorkist heiress. These events were not obscure, as they may seen today.
- ^ Historic England. "The White Hart Public House, South Mimms (1346931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "There are in London several old inns," Dickens begins. "It was in the yard of one of these inns—of no less celebrated a one than the White Hart—that a man was busily employed in brushing the dirt off a pair of boots."
- ^ "The White Hart". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
- ^ "The White Hart: St Albans "Talking Buildings" project, 2016" (PDF). stalbansmuseums.org.
- ^ "Site Maintenance". pubheritage.camra.org.uk.
- ^ "The White Hart Wilmington". The Good Pub Guide. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Schneidau, Clive. "The White Hart". The Lost Pub Project. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Valerie Box, Witley & Milford in living memory : a compilation of oral and archive material on the 20th century for the villages and surrounding areas. Witley Parish Council 1999.
- ^ "Pub sign - the White Hart (Pub sign) - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ "Historic Salisbury Inn Purchased for $2.9 Million | Real Estate". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ "About | White Hart Inn in Salisbury, CT". www.whitehartinn.com. White Hart Inn | Inn and restaurant on the village green of historic Salisbury in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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