Little John (Bolton)
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.568273, -2.427848 |
Adm. div. | Lancashire |
Vicinity | 184 Lever Street, Bolton (building at corner of Spring and Lever streets) |
Type | Public house |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Defunct |
First Record | 1923? |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-17.
A now defunct pub named the Little John was located at 184 Lever Street,[1] on the corner of that street and Spring Street in Bolton. It was in existence by 1924.[2]
The pub was just across the street from Robin Hood Mills. It was still in business in April of 2014,[3] but had closed by December 2020.[4] A few metres to the northeast of it was formerly a Robin Hood pub. It has been plausibly suggested that a bowling alley situated just northwest of the latter was transferred to the ownership of the Little John in the early 1930s when the Robin Hood closed.[5] The Little John formerly belonged to the brewery of Robert Wood & Son (in business by 1880 and until 1924 or later),[2] then William Tong & Sons Ltd (founded c. 1820 and, after changes of ownership, in business until 1940)[6] and later Walker Cain Ltd.[7] The pub was fully licensed from 1962 on.[8]
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Sources
- BreweryPedia: List of Robert Wood & Son pubs, #5
- BreweryPedia: List of Tong & Sons Ltd pubs, #54
- BreweryPedia: Little John, Bolton
- BreweryPedia: Robert Wood & Sons
- BreweryPedia: Tong & Sons Ltd
- BreweryPedia: Walker Cain Ltd
- Lost Pubs Of Bolton: Robin Hood/Old Robin Hood, 174-178 Lever Street.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1895; surveyed 1889–90)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1910; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1910; rev. 1907–08)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1929; rev. 1927)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1939; rev. 1937)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV (1850; surveyed 1844–46)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1894; surveyed 1889–91)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1911; rev. 1907–08) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1911; rev. 1907–08)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1930; rev. 1927)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (c. 1933; rev. 1927)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1947; rev. 1938).
Also see
Notes
- ↑ BreweryPedia: Little John, Bolton.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BreweryPedia: Robert Wood & Sons; BreweryPedia: List of Robert Wood & Son pubs.
- ↑ See photo at Lost Pubs Of Bolton: Robin Hood/Old Robin Hood, 174-178 Lever Street.
- ↑ Cf. Google Earth's Street View as of 17 Apr. 2022.
- ↑ Lost Pubs Of Bolton: Robin Hood/Old Robin Hood, 174-178 Lever Street.
- ↑ BreweryPedia: Tong & Sons Ltd.
- ↑ BreweryPedia: Little John, Bolton
- ↑ Lost Pubs Of Bolton: Robin Hood/Old Robin Hood, 174-178 Lever Street.
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The Little John, Lever Street / Alan Murray-Rust, 21 Aug. 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.