Heraldic Symbols
The White Hart
The White Hart was the badge of Richard II, derived from the arms of his mother, Joan of Kent, heiress of Edmund of Woodstock. Although it should show the hart lodged, or lying down, and ducally gorged, that is with a collar of a duke's coronet, it is likely that all other signs of The White Hart refer to this badge.
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Caistor, Lincolnshire
The right hand photograph is
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Blyton, Lincolnshire
The right hand photograph is
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Retford,
Nottinghamshire |
Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire
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White Hart,
Hull |
White Hart,
Hull |
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Ryde,
Isle of Wight |
Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire
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Hertford,
Hertfordshire |
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Chipping Norton,
Oxfordshire |
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Sabden,
Lancashire |
Kendall,
Cumbria |
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Todmorden,
West Yorkshire |
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Brigg, Lincolnshire |
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The heraldic symbolism has been lost in these three
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The White Hart at Ryde also appears in the Whitbread Series,
Isle
of Wight
and, as a separate sign, in
