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The White Lion was situated at 8 Gloucester Street. This pub was present in 1939 and is now in residential use.

In 1703, the pub became the scene of the first death in the UK caused by a tiger. Hannah Tynnoy, barmaid at the White Lion, was mauled to death as the tiger ,that was at the pub as part of a travelling menagerie, managed to escape from its cage. Hannah had been warned not to agitate the tiger prior to her death. She is now buried in the local churchyard.

Carl Griffin (July 2017)

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