Great beer and a great atmosphere since 1841.<\/p>\n
We’re lucky to have a fairly comprehensive record of the White Hart’s history from the past couple of hundred years. Below is a list of every owner known since the pub became the White Hart, 170 years ago.<\/p>\n
1841-1847 1849-1856 1857-1892 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1881 1892-1919 1920-1926 1927-1930 1931-1943 1944-1946 1947-1954 1955-1967 1967-1968 1968-1974 1974-1975 1975-1979 1979-1988 1998-1989 1989-1997 1997-present Great beer and a great atmosphere since 1841. We’re lucky to have a fairly comprehensive record of the White Hart’s history from the past couple of hundred years. Below is a list of every owner known since the pub became … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitehart-hotel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMr David McBurnie<\/strong>
\nHe was the first to give the hotel the White Hart name and he held the licence for 6 years.<\/p>\n
\nMr Joseph Bowman<\/strong>
\nHe held the licence for 5 years and the 1851 census shows he lived here with his wife and two sons.<\/p>\n
\nLost Records<\/strong>
\nAll court licence records have been lost and all surviving duplicate licences for these periods have been checked.<\/p>\n
\nCatherine Lynn (34)<\/strong>
\nThe 1861 Census shows that she lived here with her 3 sons and 1 daughter. Her son William (8) worked as a labourer.<\/p>\n
\nMr Richard Kirk<\/strong>
\nThe 1871 census shows that he lived here at the hotel with his wife and his 2 sons, along with 2 maids.<\/p>\n
\nMr James Laidlaw<\/strong>
\nThe 1881 census shows that he lived here with his wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Also recorded living there was a maid.<\/p>\n
\nMrs Margaret Harris<\/strong>
\nThe record shows a conviction in 1909 that resulted in a fine and several days in prison. Unfortunately, no court record survived to say what the conviction was for. Harassing a maid, possibly?<\/p>\n
\nMrs Mary Murphy<\/strong>
\nHeld the licence for 5 years.<\/p>\n
\nMr John Raffel<\/strong>
\nHe held the licence for a short period before dropping dead at his pumps, and his ghost still occasionally walks here!!<\/p>\n
\nMr Peter Smith<\/strong>
\nManaged to keep the hotel running during most of the war years, in spite of the shortening of opening hours and rationing.<\/p>\n
\nMr David Anderson<\/strong>
\nAll records other than licence records have been lost relating to this owner.<\/p>\n
\nMr Robert Peters<\/strong>
\nIn 1950 Mr Peters was ordered to carry out repairs to the building or lose his licence.<\/p>\n
\nVaux Breweries Ltd<\/strong>
\nCarried out major improvements including a new first floor dining room.<\/p>\n
\nMr Colin James Campbell<\/strong>
\nWas only here for less than a year when he saw the ghost and left soon after.<\/p>\n
\nFlt Lt Mervyn McCord RAF VR<\/strong>
\nIn 1973 he was granted a licence for one amusement machine with prizes.<\/p>\n
\nMr James O’Hare<\/strong>
\nThe only information is that he was a sales rep from Ayrshire.<\/p>\n
\nJoseph Johnstone<\/strong>
\nRetired in 1979 after a short ownership.<\/p>\n
\nGaetlano Campanile<\/strong>
\nLived in the premises.<\/p>\n
\nMr Frank Gilfedder<\/strong>
\nSurvived the White Hart for less than a year.<\/p>\n
\nMr Robert W. Little<\/strong>
\nRetired 1997, and so the White Hart was kept in the family for the first time by selling ownership to their eldest daughter, Susan.<\/p>\n
\nMrs Susan McMillan<\/strong>
\nThe still-present owner of The White Hart Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"