The Mallard Inn in Little Bytham closed its doors in 2002. Named after the record breaking LNER Class A4 locomotive which broke, and still holds, the world speed record for a steam locomotive on the adjacent East Coast Mainline, between Little Bytham and Essendine, achieving a speed of 126mph on 3 July 1938.
The inn was previously known as The Green Man until it was taken over by John and Liz Winspeare in ???.
Added : 11/12/11 : MG
I just revisted your pages for the umpteenth time. On this occasion I was brought to you trying to find a photograph of the “Green Man” sign that used to hang at Little Bytham outside the hostelry that became “The Mallard” in 1975. I have a vision of the sign showing a man dressed in green being shot, but I have yet to meet anyone who can confirm that. My closest view would have been from the top of a Lincolnshire Roadcar double-decker (used on the route on Fridays and Saturdays) taking us to school in Stamford in the era 1968 to 1972. I wonder if anyone has a photograph of that Green Men sign to share with us. I would love for my memory to be either confirmed or disproved all these years on.