“A traditional pub…offering superb dining, wine and real ales…we have built an enviable reputation providing attentive, friendly service to our customers.” That ‘friendly service’ certainly appeared to be the case when the Old White Hart welcomed the notorious and violent Cottesmore Hunt in November 2024. We could say that perhaps the pub doesn’t know the history of the Cottesmore, about the violent ‘security’ they hired to assault members of Northants Hunt Sabs, the arrest of a huntsman in 2023 – but given that the Cottesmore is the ‘local’ hunt, their kennels are up the road on a farm in Ashwell, and that Northants Hunt Sabs say they were “met with abuse by the owners of the Old White Hart” when they held a peaceful demonstration outside the pub, they clearly knew what they were doing…
Old White Hart (Rutland)
Links to more information
- Northants Hunt Sabs: The criminal Cottesmore Hunt are currently meeting (Facebook, November 2024)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: The Cottesmore Hunt have been forced to hire a security firm (Facebook, June 2025)
- Protect the Wild: Two Cottesmore Hunt’s thugs convicted of violence against sabs (May 2025)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: ππ’π« ππ¨π‘π§ππ π§π’ ππ₯π’π¨π‘π ππ‘π π£π¨π‘ππππ¦ π§ππ₯π’πͺπ‘ ππ§ π¦πππ¦ – πͺππππ’π π π§π’ π§ππ ππ₯ππ ππ‘ππ ππ’π§π§ππ¦π π’π₯π!Β (Facebook, March 2025)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: π ππ π ππ«β ππππ‘ππ₯π¬ πππ’πͺπ¦ πππ¦ ππππ πππ¦πππ§ ππ§ π¦πππ¦!(Facebook, December 2024)
- Northants Hunt Sabs:Β πππ₯ππ ππ’π§π§ππ¦π π’π₯π π§ππ¨π πππ©ππ ππππππ¦ π§π’πππ¬ π£πππππ¦ ππ¨πππ§π¬ ππ‘ ππ’π¨π₯π§!Β (Facebook, November 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore Huntβs hired thugs attack hunt sabsΒ (January 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore Hunt masked thugs attack vehicle with hammerΒ (January 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore huntsman Sam Jones charged with assaultΒ (July 2023)
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Information provided by a supporter (thank you). Screenshot Northants Hunt Sabs.
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