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The White Hart was situated at 11 Oxford Road. This grade-II listed building was converted from a house to a pub in 1801. It closed in 2003 and has now been converted to flats.

The White Hart used to have a lovely garden, but that is now covered by housing. The pub had a particularly fine sign showing a white hart (male deer) with an untethered chain around its neck. White Hart is a particularly common pub name, including the still thriving pubs in Headington and Marston, and was the heraldic symbol of King Richard II (crowned 1377), used by inns to show their allegiance.

Graham Baker, via Oxford Drinker website (August 2022)

Review from tantallon.org.uk:

Morrells Varsity (4.2%) £2.00 Strongbow Dry Cider £2.20 Stowford Press Cider £2.20 (12.ix.1998) This is a genuinely old pub with comfortable seating and stone walling and, formerly, cigarette cards in display cases which have been replaced with a dartboard. It has a snug atmosphere to it, probably due to the number of brick walls containing fireplaces around the place. An unused jukebox (which is the best variety) sits opposite an unused pool table. And unlike the Three Horseshoes next door, it's very busy even early on on a Saturday evening, with more folk there for a drink than for the restaurant section. Once when I came here they had a power cut in Old Marston, and the barman came round with candles instead of turfing everyone out. Don't know how typical this is owing to the infrequency of power cuts these days. They have Aunt Sally round the back. (12.ix.1998) Owen Massey adds: There is a restaurant part inbetween this and the adjoining The Three Horseshoes. Two dogs (no, not the alcopop): a tan mongrel called Rusty and a divine white Alsatian called Heidi. (23.v.1998)

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