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This property was
situated on the corner of Church Street and Little Lane. Little Lane was
later renamed Market Street sometime between 1886 and 1898.
First mention of the White Lion comes from the Alehouse Keepers
recognizances of 1822, which listed the property under the occupation of
John Didsbury.
Inquests were held at “The house of James Hage, the White Lion, Sutton in
Ashfield”, in 1837 and 1838. Also in 1838, Weston's Cart travelled from the
White Lion to Alfreton every Friday morning.
A meeting of the Gas Light and Coke Company was held at “the house of Mr
Geo. Lawson, the White Lion Inn, Sutton in Ashfield”, in May 1856.
In 1869, Matthew Marriott was charged with assaulting William Marriott in
the White Lion. He “went to the White Lion … to have a pint of ale, but he
had not been there long before the defendant came in and knocked him out of
the chair”.
Samuel Willey was the longest serving occupier of the White Lion, with a
recorded thirty-three years, prior to his licence being transferred to John
Jessie Briggs in 1893.
During his occupation, Briggs split his time between looking after the White
Lion and farming.
A football team called “The Sutton White Lion” played against Clipstone in
the North Notts Senior Cup in 1922.
By 1937, the White Lion belonged to the Mansfield Brewery Co.
This Inn was demolished around 1962 and a new Police Station was built on
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