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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-03-05. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-03-05. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | ||
The Robin Hood in Harpurhey, which closed in 1984, was certainly in business by 1911 and was probably established in 1875.<ref>[http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2013/10/robin-hood-queens-road.html Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.]</ref> | |||
{{PnItemQry}} | A local blogger aptly describes the building, which was torn down in 1984, as "grand-looking [...] in the flat iron style".<ref>[http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2013/10/robin-hood-queens-road.html Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.]</ref> However, rather than inspiration from the famous flat-iron building in New York City (built 1902), it was probably the shape of the available plot of land which led to the wedge-shaped design. The building looked rather older than the New York skyscraper. | ||
The Pub History website lists information on publicans for 1911 and 1929.<ref>[https://pubhistory.co.uk//Lancashire/ManchesterR/RobinHoodQueens.shtml Pub History: Robin Hood, 112 & 114 Queens Road & 17 Scropton Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire.]</ref> To this we may add that the 1881 census lists William Frain, publican, under 112 Queen's Road.<ref>[https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ The Genealogist: 1881 Census: Lancashire, Piece 04002, Image 00245] (subscription required).</ref> No pub name is listed, and it is not clear if the pub had traded under the name 'Robin Hood' ever since 1875, when it is said to have opened. | |||
A handful of photos of the pub are available online, but as a library has claimed copyright for them, they cannot be displayed here. For links see [http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2013/10/robin-hood-queens-road.html Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.]{{PnItemQry}} | |||
== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. | * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. | ||
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* [https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ The Genealogist: 1881 Census: Lancashire, Piece 04002, Image 00245] (subscription required). | |||
== Printed and web sources == | |||
* [https://pubhistory.co.uk//Lancashire/ManchesterR/RobinHoodQueens.shtml Pub History: Robin Hood, 112 & 114 Queens Road & 17 Scropton Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire.] | * [https://pubhistory.co.uk//Lancashire/ManchesterR/RobinHoodQueens.shtml Pub History: Robin Hood, 112 & 114 Queens Road & 17 Scropton Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire.] | ||
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== Discussion == | == Discussion == | ||
* [http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2013/10/robin-hood-queens-road.html Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.] | * [http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2013/10/robin-hood-queens-road.html Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.] | ||
== Background == | |||
* | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building Wikipedia: Flatiron Building.] | ||
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Revision as of 08:39, 5 March 2019
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Site of the Robin Hood / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-03-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-03-05.
The Robin Hood in Harpurhey, which closed in 1984, was certainly in business by 1911 and was probably established in 1875.[1]
A local blogger aptly describes the building, which was torn down in 1984, as "grand-looking [...] in the flat iron style".[2] However, rather than inspiration from the famous flat-iron building in New York City (built 1902), it was probably the shape of the available plot of land which led to the wedge-shaped design. The building looked rather older than the New York skyscraper.
The Pub History website lists information on publicans for 1911 and 1929.[3] To this we may add that the 1881 census lists William Frain, publican, under 112 Queen's Road.[4] No pub name is listed, and it is not clear if the pub had traded under the name 'Robin Hood' ever since 1875, when it is said to have opened.
A handful of photos of the pub are available online, but as a library has claimed copyright for them, they cannot be displayed here. For links see Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.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.
MS sources
- The Genealogist: 1881 Census: Lancashire, Piece 04002, Image 00245 (subscription required).
Printed and web sources
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.NE (1891; surveyed 1888-91)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.NE (c. 1947; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.NE (1909; rev. 1905-1906) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.NE (1909; rev. 1905-1906)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV (1923; rev. 1915-21)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.NE (1923; rev. 1915-21)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.NE (1936; rev. 1931-32)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.NE (c. 1947; rev. 1938)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.3 (1893; surveyed 1888-89)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.3 (c. 1908; rev. c. 1904). No Copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.3 (1922; rev. 1915) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.3 (1922; rev. 1915)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.3 (1936; rev. 1931).
Discussion
Background
Notes
- ↑ Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.
- ↑ Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Queens Road.
- ↑ Pub History: Robin Hood, 112 & 114 Queens Road & 17 Scropton Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire.
- ↑ The Genealogist: 1881 Census: Lancashire, Piece 04002, Image 00245 (subscription required).