The Scole Inn - Scole, Norfolk
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N 52° 21.957 E 001° 09.332
31U E 374416 N 5803343
'Pictoral' pub sign for the Scole Inn (also known as The White Hart), Scole.
Waymark Code: WMVWBG
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/03/2017
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"The Scole Inn, once called the White Hart, was built in 1655 to serve this coaching traffic, its massive sign at one time spanning the road outside. Charles II slept at the inn, (was the man never at home?) as did Nelson, and highwayman John Belcher is said to have ridden his horse up the stairs at the inn to evade the law. A longer term resident is the white lady supposed to haunt one of the bedrooms, murdered by an erroneously jealous husband."
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The current sign features an almost lifesize 'sculpture' of a white hart on one side. This used to be replicated on the other side of the sign, but is no longer present.