Deer - White Hart Hotel, Mortonhampstead, Devon
N 50° 39.652 W 003° 45.895
30U E 445936 N 5612392
A statue of a deer, above the doorway of a Devon Hotel.
Waymark Code: WM81TW
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/11/2010
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The White Heart Hotel can be found in the Square in Moretonhampstead. The statue is over the main door.
From Wikipedia
The word 'hart' is an old alternative word for "stag" (from Old English heorot, "deer" – compare with modern Dutch hert, also "deer").
From Wikipedia
White Hart: The emblem of King Richard II of England. It became so popular as an inn sign in his reign that it was adopted by many later inns and taverns. Richard II introduced legislation compelling public houses to display a sign, and at one time the White Hart was so ubiquitous as to become almost generic, in the same way that we call a vacuum cleaner a Hoover today.
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