57 Willingham Road, Market Rasen/ White Hart Inn King St, Market Rasen Completed

[BillyF]

Sorry for the delay, but I`ve had a bit of a search in Market Rasen, as I was going through.

The closed down bar is actually at 52 Queen Street, although it looks like an old coaching inn  as there is an arch where the horses would have entered the yard. The original supports for the sign are still there, but no sign !!!

I asked 2 ladies in the street if they knew anything about the White Hart, but without success.

I also went to the library and while they had some books on Lincolnshire, even with the librarian`s help , again without success, although she did say there was probably more and better information at Gaisnborough Library.
If I go there before I go to the Archives I`ll  look again for you .

[Geoff-E]

The 1933 Kelly's Directory gives the White Hart to be 3 King Street.

I now believe it is all of this building http://tinyurl.com/3a88uwm

Moving to the left, you'll find "The Chase" pub which is No.1 - "Greyhound Inn" in 1933.
Moving to the right, there is the "Gate of India" which is No.5 - a Grocer's in 1933.

[BillyF]

I was looking in the wrong place, but you would have thought that the local library would have had more books about Market Rasen !

[pamthomas]

I was looking in the wrong place, but you would have thought that the local library would have had more books about Market Rasen !

Depends how many books have actually been written about Market Rasen. 

[BillyF]

Yes, I totally agree !!

Perhaps I`m a bit naive, but I thought there would have been at least one.

[kiwicatz]

Thanks to everybody for your help. I now have a photo of the house that is at 57 Willingham, and it is apparently just like it would have been in 1905. I also have a photo of the White Hart, which is now flats. The lady who's B & B I stayed at last October put me on to someone.
Thanks so much for your time
Regards
Jan

[pamthomas]

Re BillyF's comment about the lack of books:
I confess to knowing nothing about Market Rasen (not sure if I've even been through it), but reading about it in Genuki it seems to be only a village (and very small in terms of acreage), and therefore unlikely to have enough detail for too many books.
I think even larger villages only ever 'attracted' publication when people decided to commemorate the millennium by publishing parish histories.
If it's any consolation at least Charles Dickens seems to have visited Market Rasen, though I don't know if his opinion of it is complimentary or not!  
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/MarketRasen/
(Scroll down to 'description and travel'.)

[Geoff-E]

  ... it seems to be only a village ...

Hi Pam

I think of it as a town.  It easily satisfies my requirement of a town - two banks - as it actually has three! (and a Halifax and a market place!) http://tinyurl.com/324ldty

[pamthomas]

Hi Geoff, 
As I don't know Market Rasen at all, I had to rely on Genuki, and comparing the details to places I am slightly more familiar with such as Kirton, Frampton, and Swineshead. And which I would still describe today as villages. Though in fairness, none of them seem to be overflowing with banks or building societies. 
Pam