Robin Hood (Brentwood)
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-06-26. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-06.
On Chapman & André's 1777 map of Essex (see Maps section and detail of map below), the Robin Hood, a public house, is indicated just north of Brentwood by the side of a road now named Ongar Road. On a 6" O.S. map of the area based on surveying carried out in 1866, the pub is indicated as "Robin Hood", while on an O.S. 6" map based on surveying done in 1895 the pub appears as "Robin Hood & Little John" (see Maps section below). The pub is still there but is now named the Robin (the feathered kind). In the meantime it has bequeathed its former name to adjacent Robin Hood Road.
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.
Maps
- Chapman, John, cartog.; André, Peter, cartog. A Map of the County of Essex: from an Actual Survey Taken in MDCCLXXII, LXXIII & MDCCLXXIV (London, 1777), plate XVII.
- 6" O.S. map of Essex LXVII (1881; surveyed 1866)
- 6" O.S. map of Essex LXVII.NE (1898; surveyed 1895.)
Also see
The Robin Hood is indicated just north of Brentwood / From superb scan of entire map at Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimoni Bibliogràfico (click to enlarge).
The Robin Hood has lost the Hood and is now the robin sans capitals / Google Earth Street View.