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The inn is first recorded in 1406 but likely dates back to the late fourteenth century as the White Hart was the symbol of Richard II. At the time Southwark was separate from the City of London north of the River Thames. In 1450 the inn was the headquarters of Jack Cade's Rebellion. The earlier inn was destroyed in the Great Fire of Southwark in 1676, but was rebuilt. It was demolished in 1889. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Whitehart Inn appears in both Shakespeare's 'Henry VI' and Charles Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers\". It was demolished in 1889, but in its time it served as inspiration for several literary greats of the area. 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