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The White Horse was situated on Belmont Road. Known as The Ostler at time of closure in late 2011, it is now used as a Prezzo restaurant.

Next stands the large old hotel and posting house known as The White Horse occupied and run by William Treherne. It is a plain brick building, has a large frontage, but is not of imposing appearance. The gateway being the most ornamental part of it. It is of stone, rusticated, the stabling and coach houses, garden and paddock up to the Borough ditch tap. A carved white horse of good size and action stands on a platform projecting over the arch towards the High Street. The kiddy once saw Queen Victoria changing horses at this spot when proceeding from Windsor to Bushey to visit Queen Adelaide who resided there. Memo: Sometime later the kiddy saw the funeral   rocession of Queen Adelaide with all its panoply of velvets, feathers on Hearse and Horses with a guard of soldiers pass through on its way to Windsor for Her Majesty’s interment.

Peregrinations of a Kiddy, 1873

On Monday last, the Dukes of Wellington and Cumberland passed through Uxbridge on their way to Oxford, and during their changing of horses at the White Horse Inn, were greeted by the salutation of the Staff of the Royal West Middlesex Militia, the salute of colours, and the band playing God Save The King etc., but the partial salutation of the military was almost overpowered by the groans and hisses of the populace.

Newspaper, 13th June 1834

The Voluntary Infantry of Uxbridge, lately commanded by Captain Riches (who has resigned), and who is succeeded by Count Peter De Salis of Hillingdon, will, it is expected, be much augmented by the new commandant. The Count and officers of the corps dined together at the White Horse Inn, Uxbridge, this day, to arrange preliminaries for their next assembling.

Newspaper, 15th September 1837

The rejoicings and amusements which took place in this town on the auspicious occasion of the christening of the Prince of Wales, consisted of a few flags and devices exhibited on and about the Market House, where at 12 o’clock, the Uxbridge Volunteer Infantry, to the number of about 40, with their band, assembled under the command of Captain Rayner, and marched to the front of the White Horse Inn, where they fired a Royal Salute, colours flying, and music playing the national air. At one o’clock, the children of the National School, after a short examination, were regaled with a good dinner of meat and pudding. At two o’clock, the snow having been previously been swept off the ice on the canal ion front of the residence of R H Cox Esq., of Hillingdon House, 22 young men played a match at cricket, in skates, thereon. At five o’clock, the Total Abstinence Society held a tea party, festival, and public meeting in the new Public Rooms.

Newspaper, 29th September 1842

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