simple as being the nearest station I think, same as upton park
That was a close one thenthe club also considered the name 'Percy Park'
I can well believe White Hart Yard was so named because of the pub being there (the land the ground was built on was all owned by Charrington's brewery as well, I think). "You have to go through the pub" sounds like it was probably just a well-used excuse to me, though
When the club wanted to move from Northumberland Park, the land next to the White Hart pub obviously caught their attention. They agreed a lease with Charrington's and later bought the land. The landlord wanted a football team to draw customers to his pub. Says in my history book it was known as 'The High Road Ground' early on and the club also considered the name 'Percy Park'. Somehow it ended up as White Hart Lane.
Boleyn Ground