Robin Hood (Enfield)

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The Robin Hood.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The Robin Hood public house, Enfield; on The Ridgeway (A1005) / J. M. Thomas, 3 Sep. 2016, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-16.

Still going strong, the Robin Hood at Botany Bay, Enfield, was in existence by 1881.

It is doubtful if the pub was much older than this, for while it is included on O.S. maps published in the 1890s, it is missing from maps published in the 1860s (see Maps below). The excellent Pub History site provides information on publicans and residents for the years 1881–1937. Template:PnItemQry

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.

Sources

• Pub History: Robin Hood, Botany Bay, Enfield.

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Middlesex II (1868; surveyed 1866)
• 6" O.S. map Middlesex II.SW (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Middlesex II.SW (1897; rev. 1895)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XLI.SW (1920; rev. 1912)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XLI.SW (c. 1946; rev. 1938)
• 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.13 (1866; surveyed 1866)
• 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.13 (1896; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.13 (1896; rev. 1895)
• 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.13 (1913; rev. 1911)
• 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.13 (1937; rev. 1935).

Background

• McMullen: Robin Hood, Enfield
• Wikipedia: Botany Bay.

Notes

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  The Robin Hood public house, Enfield; on The Ridgeway (A1005) / J. M. Thomas, 3 Sep. 2016, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood, The Ridgeway, Enfield / Christine Matthews, 25 Mar. 2008, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood, Botany Bay / Stephen Dawson, 14 May 2005, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Bus stop by the Robin Hood pub, The Ridgeway / Davi Howard, 19 July 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Sign for the Robin Hood public house, Enfield / J. M. Thomas, 3 Sep. 2016, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood / Google Earth Street View.

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  Anonymous. "The Robin Hood", Botany Bay ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic postcard (monochrome). 138 x 87 mm.; dated c. 1910 cf. Pub History; MS note "8/12" on dorse of IRHB copy may suggest 1912 / Private collection