The Old White Horse, 61 Church Street, Heckington
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The Old White Horse, 61 Church Street, Heckington
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 13 Mar 2016
Grade II Listed this building inscribed as a 'House of Industry' was a re-built workhouse that burned down in 1813 when an elderly lady took a lit candle upstairs to bed. It was then sold in 1837 and became the White Horse Inn that, although popular with villagers after Sunday services in the church opposite, closed in 1991. Often listed as a beer house it makes it difficult to trace and I can’t find evidence of it in 1841 or 1856 but otherwise my directories list; 1861 William Parker; 1868 William Bradley; 1872 no White Horse but William Bradley is listed as 'beerhouse'; 1885 Mrs Alice Haw; 1889 William Henry Martin; 1896 no White Horse but William Henry Martin is listed as beer retailer and plumber; 1901 the only inn listed in Church Street is the Six Bells (no list of beer retailers given); 1905 Thomas Purdy; 1909 Charles Skeith; 1913-1919 David Brown.
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Image Location
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52.982076
Longitude
-0.299864