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REPLY1850

WHITE HART INN, SCOLE

By CRANMORE.

Having an engraving of this sign, I am enabled satisfactorily to reply to Mr. Cooper's query (No. 16. p. 245.) respecting its existence. The engraving measures 17 inches and a half long, by 22 wide; it was "Published according to Act of Parliament May the 1st 1740." In the right-hand bottom corner appears "Jno Fessey Sculp.," and in the left "Joshua Kirby Delint." It is entitled, "The North East Side of ye Sign of ye White Hart at Schoale Inn in Norfolk, built in the year 1655 by James Peck, a Merchant of Norwich, which cost 1057*l.*, humbly Dedicated to James Betts Gent by his most Obedt Serv…

Topics: Historical Customs, Genealogy, Heraldry, Art and Engraving

Locations: Scole, Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, Norwich, England