Robin Hood Inn (Mawdesley)

Locality
Coordinate	53.641207, -2.748889
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	Blue Stone Lane, Mawdesley
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1847
A.k.a.	Robinhood Tavern

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The Robin Hood Inn.

The Robin Hood Inn / Raymond Knapman, 20 Oct. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-13.

The Robin Hood Inn in Mawdesley is located at the junction of Blue Stone, Tannersmith, Tincklers and Sydbrook lanes. Its history goes back to 1841 if not earlier.

According to a recent advert, the history of the pub goes back to the 15th century, but Richard Langford, a local researcher, has found no evidence to support this claim. The earliest landlord we know about is a Hugh Swift in 1841. There is no record of the inn's name at the time, but the pub is included as "Robin Hood" on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1847, based on a survey carried out 1845-46 (see Maps 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. 293-11.

Source

• Chorley's Inns and Taverns: Mawdesley - Robin Hood Inn.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.12 (c. 1894; rev. c. 1892-93).] No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.12 (1910; rev. 1908) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.12 (1910; rev. 1908)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.12 (1928; rev. 1926)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI (1847; surveyed 1845-46)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.SE (1894; surveyed 1891-93)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.SE (1911; rev. 1908) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.SE (1911; rev. 1908)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.SE (1929; rev. 1926).

Brief mention

• Taylor, Henry. 'The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire: The Hundred of Leyland', Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, vol. XVII (1899), pp. 1-31; see p. 14.

Notes

Also see

• Mawdesley place-name cluster
• Robinhood place-names
• Public houses named after Robin Hood.

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  The Robin Hood Inn / Raymond Knapman, 20 Oct. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood Inn / J. Thomas, 11 Oct. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood Inn / Ian S., 22 May. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Sign of the Robin Hood / Ian S., 22 May. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood Inn / Anthony Parkes, 14 Dec. 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood Inn / David Long, 11 Jan. 2006, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood Inn / Processed version of photo at Chorley's Inn and Taverns: Mawdesley – Robin Hood (Richard Langford).

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