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Robin Hood's Retreat was a restaurant in Bristol. After a change of owners | Robin Hood's Retreat was until recently the name of a restaurant in Bristol. After a change of owners the place reincarnated as The Grace in 2014.<ref>[http://www.bristolbites.co.uk/2014/07/06/the-grace-new-venue-for-gloucester-road-from-the-zazus-team/ Bristol Bites: The Grace: new venue for Gloucester Road from the Zazu’s team.]</ref> | ||
The website 'UK Pub History Research and London Historical Street Directory' lists the following information from trade directories for this pub: | |||
* 1914. Publican: George Garraway.<ref name="uk-pub">[https://pubshistory.com/Gloucestershire/BristolR/RobinHoodsRetreat.shtml UK Pub History Research and London Historical Street Directory: Robin Hoods Retreat, 197 Gloucester road, Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire.] Information from Kelly's directory, provided by 'Kevan'.</ref> | |||
* 1938. Henry Louis Tripp.<ref name="uk-pub"/> | |||
Presumably the pub was then named the 'Robin Hood', 'Robin Hood & Little John', the 'Robin Hood Inn' etc. 'Robin Hood's Retreat' sounds fancy, fanciful and modern. | |||
=== Gazetteers === | === Gazetteers === | ||
* {{:Anonymous 2006a}}, pp. 327-28, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood'. | * {{:Anonymous 2006a}}, pp. 327-28, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood'. | ||
=== Sources === | |||
* [http://www.bristolbites.co.uk/2014/07/06/the-grace-new-venue-for-gloucester-road-from-the-zazus-team/ Bristol Bites: The Grace: new venue for Gloucester Road from the Zazu’s team] | |||
* [https://pubshistory.com/Gloucestershire/BristolR/RobinHoodsRetreat.shtml UK Pub History Research and London Historical Street Directory: Robin Hoods Retreat, 197 Gloucester road, Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire.] | |||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
* [http://thegracebristol.uk/ The Grace.] | * [http://thegracebristol.uk/ The Grace.] | ||
Revision as of 10:04, 23 December 2017
The Grace, formerly Robin Hood's Retreat.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-23.
Robin Hood's Retreat was until recently the name of a restaurant in Bristol. After a change of owners the place reincarnated as The Grace in 2014.[1]
The website 'UK Pub History Research and London Historical Street Directory' lists the following information from trade directories for this pub:
Presumably the pub was then named the 'Robin Hood', 'Robin Hood & Little John', the 'Robin Hood Inn' etc. 'Robin Hood's Retreat' sounds fancy, fanciful and modern.
Gazetteers
- Anonymous, compil. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Pub Names (Wordsworth Reference Series) (Ware, Hertfordshire, ©2006), pp. 327-28, s.n. 'Robin Hood'.
Sources
- Bristol Bites: The Grace: new venue for Gloucester Road from the Zazu’s team
- UK Pub History Research and London Historical Street Directory: Robin Hoods Retreat, 197 Gloucester road, Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Background
Notes
- ↑ Bristol Bites: The Grace: new venue for Gloucester Road from the Zazu’s team.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 UK Pub History Research and London Historical Street Directory: Robin Hoods Retreat, 197 Gloucester road, Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Information from Kelly's directory, provided by 'Kevan'.