Robin Hood Hotel (Kingston-upon-Thames)

Locality
Coordinate	51.4344, -0.2589
Adm. div.	Surrey, now Greater London
Vicinity	Corner of Kingston Vale (A308) and Robin Hood Lane
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct
First Record	1855
A.k.a.	Robin Hood Inn

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Robin Hood Hotel (Kingston-upon-Thames).

St. & Co. The Robin Hood Hotel, Kingston Vale (E 19465) ([Dresden, Germany], [c. 1908]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm. / Private collection.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-05.

The Robin Hood Hotel a.k.a. the Robin Hood Inn was located on the corner of Robin Hood Lane and Kingston Vale (A308). Data on publicans from trade directories, census records etc. for the years 1855-1918 can be found at Pub History. The earliest map to include the hotel is perhaps a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1874 (see Maps section below).

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

• Pub History: Robin Hood, Kingston Vale, Putney.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Surrey VII.9 (c. 1868; surveyed c. 1865-67). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Surrey VII.9 (1897; rev. 1894)
• 25" O.S. map London (1915- Numbered sheets) VIII.14 (1916; rev. 1913) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Surrey VII.9 (1934; rev. 1911)
• 25" O.S. map Surrey VII.9 (1935; rev. 1933)
• 25" O.S. map Surrey VII.9 (1947; rev. 1940)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII (1874; surveyed 1865)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1920; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1933; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1936; rev. 1932-33)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1944; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1946; rev. 1938).

Also see

• Kingston Vale place-name cluster
• Public houses named after Robin Hood.

Notes

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  St. & Co. The Robin Hood Hotel, Kingston Vale (E 19465) ([Dresden, Germany], [c. 1908]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm. / HTN collection.

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  Fletcher, M. The Robin Hood Hotel, Kingston Vale (Roehampton, [c. 1904]). Photo­graphic post­card (b./w.). 140 x 95 mm. / HTN collection.

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  [s.n.]. Lane Leading to the Robin Hood (CAK Series) ([s.l.], [c. 1912]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm. / HTN collection.

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  Site of Robin Hood Hotel / Google Earth Street View.

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