Robin Hood (Congleton)

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The Robin Hood in Congleton.

The Robin Hood on Buxton Road, Buglawton, Congleton / Google Maps Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.

According to a website on the Macclesfield Canal, this public house in Buglawton, Congleton, Cheshire, dates from the 18th century, but the first dated record I have found so far is a 6" O.S. map of the area published 1882, based on surveying done in 1871-73. On this and later maps listed below, the pub is labelled 'Robin Hood Inn' (see Maps section below). The pub is still in business.

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
• Not included in Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997).

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XLIII (1882; rev. 1871-73)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XLIII.SE (1899; rev. 1896-97)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XLIII.SE (1899; rev. 1896-97) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XLIII.SE (1912; rev. 1907)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XLIII.SE (c. 1945; rev. 1938).

Background

• The Macclesfield Canal: Robin Hood Inn
• Pub website.

Notes