Robin Hood's Cross (Mawdesley)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|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, 2019-02-16.
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,[1] 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. 315-19.
Source
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
Notes
The Robin Hood Inn / Raymond Knapman, 20 Oct. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
The Robin Hood Inn / J. Thomas, 11 Oct. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
The Robin Hood Inn / Ian S., 22 May. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Sign of the Robin Hood / Ian S., 22 May. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
The Robin Hood Inn / Anthony Parkes, 14 Dec. 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
The Robin Hood Inn / David Long, 11 Jan. 2006, Creative Commons, via Geograph.