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A two-story building with a gambrel roof and dormer windows sits beside a country road with a signpost on the grass verge.

White Hart, West Wickham, 1926 (W M Palmer)

White Hart, White Gables, Burton End, West Wickham

History of the White Hart

The village fair took place on the green next to the White Hart. The fair is described by J De Fraine, The Autobiography, 1900.


1838

James Cooper Traylen, landlord

Ursula Traylen born


1851 Burton End White Hart

James C Traylen, 55, farmer 100 acres employing 7 men 4 boys, b West Wickham

Francis, 45, b Hemmingford Abbots

Elizabeth, 17, b West Wickham

Charles, 15, b West Wickham

Ursula, 12, b West Wickham

Thomas, 10, b West Wickham

Reuben, 9, b West Wickham

Jabez, 7, b West Wickham

Abigail Sotcher, 16, servant, b Hildersham


1861 Public House White Heart

James Traylen, widower, 65, farmer and innkeeper

Elizabeth, 27,

Charles, 24,

Ursula, 22,

Thomas, 20,

Jabez, 16,

Elizabeth Ball, lodger, 55, b Huntingdonshire

Keziah Bradman, 13, servant, b NN


1862

Ursula Traylen married John De Fraine


1871

James Cooper Traylen, widower, 76, farmer 191 acres 6 men 5 boys,

Elizabeth Bail, 66, housekeeper, b Hemmingford

Walter Dawson, son in law, 38, builder, b Fulbourn

Elizabeth Dawson, 26,

Amelia Traylen, visitor, 12, b Newmarket

Ann Woollard, 14, servant, b West Wickham


By 1995 it was a private house called White Gables.

A detail from a 1901 Ordnance Survey map showing the White Hart public house at a junction with plot numbers and markings.

White Hart, West Wickham OS 1901

Sources

  • 1851 census
  • 1861 census
  • 1871 census
  • Book
  • Ordnance Survey
  • Photographs

Tags

  • Public House

Projects

  • West Wickham

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