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Robin Hood's Retreat was until recently the name of a pub, later pub/restaurant, in Bristol. After a change of owners the place reincarnated in 2014 as The Grace.<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> | Robin Hood's Retreat was until recently the name of a pub, later pub/restaurant, at 197 Gloucester Road in Bristol. After a change of owners the place reincarnated in 2014 as The Grace.<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 pub existed at least as early as 1890. | ||
Trade registers list the following publicans: 1890-1900: John Harris;<ref>[http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=1&page=56 The Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1890, 1-369;] [http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=2&page=112 The Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1900, 147-471.]</ref> 1910-14: George Garraway;<ref>[http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=3&page=129 Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1910, 83?-437;] [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.]</ref> 1921-39: Henry Lewis Tripp;<ref>[http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=4&page=141 Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1921, 1-283;] [http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=5&page=160 Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1931, 151-493;] [http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=6&page=194 Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1939, 1-207.]</ref> 1950: Robert Charles Powles.<ref>[http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=7&page=169 Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1950, 1-381.]</ref> The pub is listed in Kelly's ''Street Directory'' for 1962 and 1970<ref>[http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=8&page=196 Gloucester Road Story: Kelly's Steet Directory 1962, 55-487;] [http://thegloucesterroadstory.org/?document=9&page=569 Gloucester Road Story: Kelly's Steet Directory 1970, 39-519.]</ref> 'Robin Hood's Retreat' may sound fancy and modern, but in fact the pub was known under that name throughout its recorded history. | |||
'Robin Hood's Retreat' may sound fancy and modern, but in fact the pub was known under that name | |||
=== Gazetteers === | === Gazetteers === | ||
Revision as of 20:44, 6 January 2018
The Grace, formerly Robin Hood's Retreat.
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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-06.
Robin Hood's Retreat was until recently the name of a pub, later pub/restaurant, at 197 Gloucester Road in Bristol. After a change of owners the place reincarnated in 2014 as The Grace.[1] The pub existed at least as early as 1890.
Trade registers list the following publicans: 1890-1900: John Harris;[2] 1910-14: George Garraway;[3] 1921-39: Henry Lewis Tripp;[4] 1950: Robert Charles Powles.[5] The pub is listed in Kelly's Street Directory for 1962 and 1970[6] 'Robin Hood's Retreat' may sound fancy and modern, but in fact the pub was known under that name throughout its recorded history.
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
- The Gloucester Road Story: 197 Gloucester Road, Bristol
- 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.
- ↑ The Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1890, 1-369; The Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1900, 147-471.
- ↑ Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1910, 83?-437; UK Pub History Research and London Historical Street Directory: Robin Hoods Retreat, 197 Gloucester road, Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
- ↑ Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1921, 1-283; Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1931, 151-493; Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1939, 1-207.
- ↑ Gloucester Road Story: Wrights Steet Directory 1950, 1-381.
- ↑ Gloucester Road Story: Kelly's Steet Directory 1962, 55-487; Gloucester Road Story: Kelly's Steet Directory 1970, 39-519.