Robin Hood (Loughton)

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The Robin Hood.

Anonymous. "Robin Hood", Epping Forest (2124) ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (b./w.). 137 x 89 mm / Private collection.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-08.

The Robin Hood on Epping New Road near Loughton, Essex, is located at an important crossroads in Epping Forest. There can be little doubt that of all public houses named after the outlaw this is the one most frequently depicted on postcards. The earliest reference to this pub that I have found so far is a 6" O.S. map of the area published 1868, based on surveying carried out in 1866 (see Maps section below). Information on publicans gleaned from trade directories etc. from the period 1870–1933 can be found at UK Pub History (see Sources section below).

According to a 1990s "Nostalgia Postcard Collector's Club" card:

The Robin Hood hotel was a popular rendezvous spot on the Epping Road where hordes of cyclists gathered, often with their lady friends. Cycling was an affordable and popular leisure activity for both men and women, A bicycle could be hired for 6d an hour and Epping Forest offered many leafy lanes, picnic spots and boating on Connaught Waters to East Enders in search of a day in the country.

This notwithstanding, contemporary postcard makers seem to have had a predilection for quite cyclist-free motifs which instead featured people who could afford proper horse-driven transportation. The postcard with the hordes of cyclists is included in the image gallery below.

Information on publicans for the years 1870 to 1937 can be found at UK Pub History.Template:PnItemQry

Gazetteers

• Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 298, s.n. Robin Hood Inn.

Sources

• UK Pub History: Robin Hood, Epping New Road, Loughton.

Maps

• 25" Essex LVII.12 (1896; rev. 1895)
• 25" Essex LVII.12 (1896; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Middlesex VIII (1868; surveyed 1866)
• 6" O.S. map Essex LVII (1881; surveyed 1870-72)
• 6" O.S. map Essex LVII.SE (1897; rev. 1895)
• 6" O.S. map Middlesex VIII.NW (1898; surveyed 1898)
• 6" O.S. map Middlesex VIII.NW (1898; surveyed 1898) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXIX.NW (1920; rev. 1915) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXIX.NW (1935; rev. 1935) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXIX.NW (1953; rev. 1938) (georeferenced)
• 1" O.S. map Sheet 257 (Outline) (1896; rev. 1893). (georeferenced)
• 1" O.S. map Sheet 257 (Hills) (1896; rev. 1893). (georeferenced)
• 1:25,000 Sheet TQ49 (1959; surveyed 1954-55)
• Bartholomew Sheet 25 (1903)

Background

• The Robin Hood – Loughton. The pub's website.

Notes

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  Anonymous. "Robin Hood", Epping Forest (9076) ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Picture post­card (col.). 137 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  Anonymous. Loughton: High Road; the Shrubberies; High Road; St. Mary the Virgin; the Robin Hood (DO. 11) ([s.l.], [c. 1973]). Photo­graphic post­card (b./w.). 137 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  Anonymous. "Robin Hood." Epping Forest (5536) ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Picture post­card (col.). 137 x 89 mm / Private collection.

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  IRIS Publishing Ltd. Cyclists, April 1914 (The Nostalgia Postcard Collector's Club, Set 17) ([s.l.], 1991). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 135 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  Anonymous. "Robin Hood", Epping Forest (2124) ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (b./w.). 137 x 89 mm / Private collection.

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  Woolstone Bros. "The Robin Hood", Road to Epping (The Milton "Glazette" Series, N^o. 2260 A) (London E. C., [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (tinted). 137 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  Woolstone Bros. "The Robin Hood", Road to Epping (The Milton "Glazette" Series, N^o. 2260) (London E. C., [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (tinted). 137 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  Judges Ltd. Epping Forest – The Robin Hood Hotel (Hastings, [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (col.). 149 x 104 mm. / Private collection.

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  Brimble's. Epping Forest. The Robin Hood (Chingford, [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  Anonymous. The Gardens, Robin Hood Hotel, Epping Forest (9076) ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 139 x 89 mm / Private collection.

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  Braund, P. S. Robin Hood, Loughton (F. A. P. A. 358/1127) (High Road, Loughton, [c. 1918]). Photographic postcard (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm. / Private collection.

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  [Smith, W.A.]. The Robin Hood, Epping Forest (Valentine's Series, 39413) ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (b./w.). 137 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  [Smith, W.A.]. The Robin Hood, Epping Forest (Valentine's Series, 39413. JV) ([Robin Hood's Bay], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (tinted). 139 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  [Smith, W.A.]. The Robin Hood, Epping Forest (Valentine's Series, 39413. JV) ([Robin Hood's Bay], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (tinted). 139 x 87 mm / Private collection.

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  Cranley Commercial Calendars Ltd. The Robin Hood, Epping Forest (Ilford, Essex, [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (b./w.). 137 x 87 mm. / Private collection.

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  The Robin Hood, Loughton, Epping Forest / From the pub's website.

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  The pub seen from the Google photo car / Google Earth Street View.]

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  The pub seen from the Google photo car / Google Earth Street View.]