android appWickham Market White Hart
listed building grade II*
last updated Dec 7th, 2021.
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Wickham Market White Hart
West, 52.15303,1.36317
closed 1985
opened pre-1652
Market Hill
grid reference TM 301 558
It's shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
A former coaching inn and posting house whose core was built in the late 15th century. The remaining façade dates from the late 18th century. It is now occupied by a row of shops.
According to A Survey of Suffolk Parish History, the White Hart was recorded in churchwarden's accounts for 1652/3.
Gallery
Greyhound 0.62 mile
Duck 1.46 miles
Crown 1.99 miles
White Horse 2.1 miles
White Lion 2.4 miles
Tavern 2.7 milesHistorical interest
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, December 13th 1746*** to the White Hart, Wickham Market
Shaves coaches… from the Kings head in Beccles on 25th inst. at 5 o clock… presents and parcels collected at Dog Brampton, Angel Halesworth, Tuns Yoxford, Bell Saxmundham, White Hart Wickham, and Crown in Woodbrifge. Ipswich Journal, 20 Dec 1783
The White Hart was a commercial hotel and Posting House
Wanted in an Inn, a plain cook…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
