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The White Hart (" hart" being an archaic word for a mature
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) was the personal badge of
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, who probably derived it from the arms of his mother, Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent", heiress of Edmund of Woodstock. It may also have been a pun on his name, as in "Rich-hart". In the Wilton Diptych (
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), which is the earliest authentic contemporary portrait of an English king, Richard II wears a gold and enamelled white hart jewel, and even the angels surrounding the
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all wear white hart badges. In English Folklore, the white hart is associated with Herne the Hunter. 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.
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wrote a collection of
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al
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s under the title of ''
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'', which used as a framing device the conceit that the tales were told during drinking sessions in a pub named the White Hart that existed somewhere between
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and
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. This pub was fictional but was based on a real pub named the White Horse where the science-fiction community of London met in the 1940s and 1950s.


Notable British inns called the White Hart


Barnes, London

"Ye White Hart" in
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is a Victorian pub which overlooks the
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and is a prominent landmark on the course of the
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. It served as a headquarters for
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in the mid-nineteenth century.


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.


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
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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 Brentwood is the oldest pub in the town, dating back to before 1480. It may have been so named after King Richard II passed through Brentwood in 1392, possibly staying at the inn. It became a
coaching inn The coaching inn (also coaching house or staging inn) was a vital part of Europe's inland transport infrastructure until the development of the railway, providing a resting point ( layover) for people and horses. The inn served the needs of tra ...
in the 18th century and survived long enough that in 1910 it even offered repairs to motor vehicles. It is now operating as a nightclub and restaurant called Sugar Hut. The building can be seen on reality TV programme, ' The Only Way Is Essex'.


Canterbury

The White Hart in
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probably dates from Victorian times, but is reputed to be built on the site of St Mary de Castro, demolished around 1486, 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, with bat and trap in summer.


Coggeshall

Part of a quaint market village on the route between Braintree and
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, 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
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.


Crawley

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became an important coaching stop on the London to Brighton road after it became fully turnpiked in 1770. By 1668, a mid-15th century Wealden open hall-house which was originally a dwelling had been converted into an inn called ''The Whyte Harte'', later standardised to ''The White Hart''. The great increase in coaching traffic in the late 18th century meant its capacity was often exceeded; so it was sold in 1753 and the proceeds were used to establish a new White Hart Inn nearby. This was built around the core of an early 17th-century timber-framed building, and opened in 1770. As of 2011, it continues to trade under the White Hart name, as a tied house owned by
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.


Dartington, Totnes

The White Hart is the name of the bar and restaurant within the estate of
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, near Totnes in
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. The medieval Dartington Hall was built for John Holand, Earl of Huntingdon and half-brother to
Richard II of England Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father die ...
. The Dartington Morris Men side was formed at Dartington Hall in 1968 and was given permission to use the crest of the white hart on a red rose as its emblem.


Edinburgh

In Edinburgh, "The White Hart" is an inn in the Grassmarket, established early in the 16th century. It stood a few hundred steps from the place where public
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s were held, and was popular among spectators. Robert Burns and
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were among its notable visitors, and Burke and Hare found some of the victims of their murder-for-body-parts scheme there.


Hampshire

There is a string of White Hart pubs along what was one of the old main coaching inn roads from London to
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. These are at: Hook (The White Hart and The Old White Hart),
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, Worting, Overton, Whitchurch,
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, Stockbridge, Gosport and
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in east Wiltshire.


Henfield

The White Hart pub in
Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. Th ...
, West Sussex was built in 1777, and sits alongside the A2037 road between Worthing and London.


Hingham

The White Hart in
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is a town centre boutique hotel and gastropub.


Hull

"The Olde White Harte" in Silver Street,
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, 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
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; 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
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. "The White Hart" is in Alfred Gelder Street,
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. 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.


Isle of Wight

The White Hart in Havenstreet is close to the main centre of the
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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
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as part of
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's wedding
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, while a century later
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is reputed to have used it as his headquarters in
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during the
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. The interior still retains no fewer than 11 fireplaces from the 17th century, a wealth of exposed beams, original
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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
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. In 2003, ''
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'' reported that
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made cryptic reference to this pub in his poem "Usk", referring not to an animal but to The White Hart Village Inn. Touring Wales in 1935, the poet had visited the old hostelry which does indeed stand near the village well, once painted white and now in ruins.


London (Drury Lane)

The White Hart at 191
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, one of
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's best-known streets, has existed since the 15th century.


Mitcham, London

The White Hart, Mitcham is a currently closed, listed 18th century building situated near Mitcham Cricket Green. It is Mitcham's earliest recorded inn, rebuilt in 1749-50 after fire damage. The central porch, with frieze and balustrade, is supported by four Tuscan columns. Stagecoaches used to start from a yard at the rear. It is Grade II listed. It is located in London Road.


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.


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
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coach road from
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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
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in
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,
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, on the banks of the
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, was formerly known as the ''White Hart'' because
Richard II Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father died ...
's wife, Isabella of Valois was kept prisoner in the village after his death.


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.


Southwark, London

An inn at the sign of the "White Hart" was established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in
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, immediately south of
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. It is mentioned by
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in '' Henry VI, Part 2'' as the headquarters of the rebels in Jack Cade's 1450 Kentish rebellion. Louis L'Amour mentions the Southwark White Hart in "Sackett's Land", an historical fiction taking place circa 1600. It became one of the many famous
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s in the days of
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, and it was here that Sam Weller met
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in the famous scene from '' The Pickwick Papers'', chapter 10. The Inn was pulled down in the 19th century. It was next door to The George Inn and near the site of
The Tabard The Tabard was an inn in Southwark established in 1307 that stood on the east side of Borough High Street, at the road's intersection with the ancient thoroughfare to Canterbury and Dover. It was built for the Abbot of Hyde, who purchased the l ...
. 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
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is a former
coaching inn The coaching inn (also coaching house or staging inn) was a vital part of Europe's inland transport infrastructure until the development of the railway, providing a resting point ( layover) for people and horses. The inn served the needs of tra ...
and a
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building. It is listed in CAMRA's Register of Historic Pub Interiors.


St Keverne

The "White Hart" in
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,
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was the birthplace, in 1764, of the singer and actor
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.


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
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between Honiton and Axminster, where there also was a White Hart attested in the nineteenth century.


Witham

The White Hart Inn in Witham 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
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, is mostly
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and is said to stand on the site of an
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inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommo ...
. It is reputed to have one of the oldest continuous licences of any pub in England.
Myles Birket Foster Myles Birket Foster (4 February 1825 – 27 March 1899) was a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster. Life and work Foster was born in North Shiel ...
painted the picture-board for it in around 1875; this is now in the
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in London.


American inns


Salisbury, Connecticut

The White Hart Inn in Salisbury, Connecticut is named after one of the
Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...
taverns of the same name. 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. The group hopes to reopen the landmark by August 2014.


See also

*
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, originally called White Hart * White stag * White boar


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