
What is recorded here
This white commemorative plaque records: "Saracens Head" Hotel. Licensed in the reign of Edward III. This is the 18th cent. building at which "Jeannie Deans" ('Heart of Midlothian' by Scott) stayed on her way to London about 1733. An important posting inn during coaching days.
The Saracen's Head in Newark, an historically significant coaching inn dating back to the reign of Edward III, is notable for its mention in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Heart of Midlothian' as the place where Jeannie Deans stayed en route to London around 1733.
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