Robin Hood (Hitchin)

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At or near the site of the Robin Hood.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The Robin Hood would have been located in this area / Google Earth Street View.]]

By {{subst:#realname:Henryfunk}}, {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}}. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-03.

The Robin Hood in Hitchin was situated on the north side of what is now Hollow Lane, at the west end of that street, near present-day Queen Street. In existence by 1721, it was demolished in 1922 as part of a slum clearance effort.

Information on publicans and residents for 1839–1901 can be found at the excellen Pub Wiki. 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

• Hitchin Historical Society: Pub Crawl in Virtual Historical Hitchin (the link points to Google

s cached copy, since the original at https://www.hitchinhistoricals.org.uk/history-of-hitchin/virtual-historical-pub-crawl-of-hitchin was categorized as a fraudulent site by Bitdefender as of 3 Sep. 2020)

• eHive: 1920s slum clearance; 1920s; 12074
• The Lost Pubs Project: Lost Pubs In Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
• Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 2 St Andrews Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

Maps

The pub is not indicated or labeleld on these maps.

• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.1 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.1 (1898; rev. 1897)
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.1 (1923; rev. 1922)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII (1884; surveyed 1878–81)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.NW (1899; rev. 1896–97) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.NW (1899; rev. 1896–97)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.NW (1925; rev. 1922)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.NW (c. 1948; rev. 1946)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XII.NW (1950; rev. 1938–46).

Background

• Wikipedia: Hitchin.

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