Robin Hood (Hitchin)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
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 Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-03. 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,[1] it was demolished in 1922 as part of a slum clearance effort.[2]
Information on publicans and residents for 1839–1901 can be found at the excellen Pub Wiki.[3] 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.[4]
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
- ↑ Hitchin Historical Society: Pub Crawl in Virtual Historical Hitchin
- ↑ The Lost Pubs Project: Lost Pubs In Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where no evidence is offered for the date; eHive: 1920s slum clearance; 1920s; 12074 (includes b. & w. photo of the pub.)
- ↑ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 2 St Andrews Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
- ↑ Also see there Public Houses, Inns & Taverns of Hitchin, Hertfordshire.