The back of the old White Hart Hotel, probably sometime in the late C19th.1,2

The White Hart was recorded as early as 1489. The building here was demolished in 1896.³

The yard could accommodate several stage coaches that travelled the great Essex road between London and towns in East Anglia - the road through the High Street was then the chief route to the eastern counties of England.³ For example, in 1848 an omnibus left the White Hart for London at 9.00am and 3.30pm daily.⁴

¹ Postcard published by A. H. Burgess, 5 South Street, Romford
² Kindly provided by Ruth Cryderman.
³ Britain in Old Photographs: Romford, page 29
⁴ White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Essex 1848, page 385.