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Cornhill, SPILSBY, PE23 5JP

Early stone letter box dating from 1842 and in use until 1988. It is set in the wall of the White Hart public house.

Founded in 1878, the Cyclists' Touring Club still functions today as a cycling lobbying organisation. Plaques such as this were carried in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by hotels wishing to show themselves friendly to "wheelmen".

Note the Cyclists' Touring Club plaque on the first floor (Image). Founded in 1878, the Cyclists' Touring Club still functions today as a cycling lobbying organisation. Plaques such as this were carried in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by hotels wishing to show themselves friendly to "wheelmen".

Grade II Listed 17th Century 8 bedroom coaching inn now owned by the Greene King Brewery. July 1807 the London Mail Coach service was extended from Boston through to the White Hart and on to Louth. The Gentleman's Magazine of 1808 reports the death of 'Mr Simon Waters, many years keeper of the White Hart Inn at Spilsby'. In 1887 the Fourth District of the Witham Commissioners (later the Drainage Board) moved its meetings from the White Hart to its Boston Office. On the 10th May 1988, during refurbishment a 19th Century Post Box was discovered believed to have dated back to 1842. From directories, occupants include, 1828 Thomas Marshall, 1856-1861 James Bradley Kirkham, 1868-1889 Joseph Clifton brewer, farmer, billiard room proprietor, victualler and in 1889 wine & spirit merchant, the White Hart is described from 1872 as family and commercial hotel and posting house and Inland Revenue office. In 1905 Hugh Marslen has highlighted his entry stating, ‘under new management, moderate commercial tariff, special terms for posting; omnibus & porter meet the trains’ and its addressed as High Street. 1913 has a very similar entry in normal type excluding the new management comment. In 1919 he’s added ‘moderate commercial tariff.

Cornhill is a short street at the western end of Spilsby's High Street. Ahead is the White Hart pub.

I've always wondered why the statue of Sir John Franklin faces west and not north-west. It was this notable explorer who set out to find a north-west passage through the Canadian Arctic and died there. He probably turned his back on the dwindling market. Franklin's ships drew water from here - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4776203 Across High Street, Barclays Bank is undergoing some remedial work. The bank stands near to the HSBC, which has since closed. The opening, far left, leads to a car park behind the pub.

Spilsby was the birth place of Lincolnshire explorer Sir John Franklin. At the age of 59 he made his last voyage to seek the North-west passage between Canada and the Arctic. Sadly the entire expedition disappeared. It was later confirmed that he had died on Beechy Island in July 1847. Franklin's ships drew water from here - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4776203

Lincolnshire explorer.