White Hart Tavern

Status: Closed and demolished
Address: White Hard Yard, 63 Borough High Street, SE1 (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Southwark
Former name(s): White Hart Inn
Former address: [or White Hart Inn Yard, 63 Borough High Street, or 63 High Street]
62 Borough High Street [or 62 High Street] (1869)
Historical parish: Southwark St Saviour
Dates open: by 1450-at least 1907
rebuilt c1676
Notes: Marked on Rocque's map of 1746. The Survey of London notes that it may date back to Richard II's reign (i.e. the late-14th century) and also states that its demolition was in 1889, although it still appears in Post Office directories until 1899, the census return in 1901, and on the 1907 Ordnance Survey map.
Sources: Open date/Rebuilding: Survey of London
OS 1875/1896/1907
PO 1841 (as "White Hart Inn")/1856 (as "White Hart Inn")/1869 (as "White Hart Inn")/1882/1895/1899 (all as "White Hart Tavern" except where noted)
References: ADM 106/1033/3 (as "White Hart Inn")
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