White Horse, 49 East Street, Harnall Fields

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
18411841BEERHOUSE
18451860WEAVERS ARMS
18601940WHITE HORSE
These premises had a public house license from c1849. In 1860 the pub became the White Horse, however, for at least four years after this renaming, it was still occasionally referred to in newspapers as the WEAVERS ARMS. It had a home brewery until c1925 and closed in November 1940, no doubt a victim of the blitz.


The White Horse has been in use since the fifteenth century and is common because of its widespread use. It was the symbol of the Kings of Wessex and is the traditional emblem of Kent. A galloping white horse refers to the Hanovers and dates from the accession of George I in 1714. It is also used by several guilds such as the Carmen, Coachmen, Farriers, Saddlers and Wheelwrights.

LICENSEES:

1860 - 1869 Henry Pepper 1874 Joseph Hitchens 1879 Joseph Greenhall 1879 - 1888 Henry Hewitt 1888 - 1909 Arthur Mason 1911 - 1913 Mary Ann Mason 1919 - 1924 Mrs. Lucy Overton 1926 - 1928 D. W. N. Mosley 1928 Frederick Norbury 1931 - 1937 Maurice Hugh Greenaway 1937 - 1941 George Bonas 1941 Derwent William Ratliff BREWERS: to 1877 Joseph Hitchens 1877 - 1887 Henry Hewitt 1887 - 1906 Arthur Mason 1906 - 1910 Mrs Mary Ann Mason 1910 - 1923 Mrs Lucy Overton
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Street plan of 1851
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