What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The White Hart Hotel Circa 1470. Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, the last aristocrat to be beheaded in England stayed in this building on his way to Tower Hill, London to meet his fate in 1747
The White Hart Hotel, dating from around 1470, is historically significant for its association with Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, who stayed here en route to his execution in 1747 as the last aristocrat beheaded in England.
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