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At the site of the pub was built a warehouse belonging to the now defunct MFI Group furniture retailers.<ref>[https://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&story=1071 Past Times Project: Lifestory Library: Old Potters Bar In The 30’s And 40’s], by Cyril Askew, edited by Rob Blann.</ref> From a comment to the effect that the MFI store was located opposite a garage and the fact that there is still a garage there, it can be concluded that the pub was located at or near 41 High Street.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/133607519998911/permalink/4988507557842192/?comment_id=4992365837456364 Facebook: Potters Bar – a Trip Down Memory Lane; message posted by Neal Cramphorn on 23 Aug. 2020;] also see map in {{:Norrish, Robert 1978a}}, p. [2]. According to [https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/hertfordshire/pottersbar_robinhood.html The Lost Pubs Project: Hertfordshire > Potters Bar > Robin Hood] (retrieved on 2 Sep. 2020), the pub 'closed in the ealry [''sic''] 1970s and has now been demolished, with offices built on the site'. In fact MFI was a furniture store, and after this chain folded, the premises were taken over by another furniture dealer; '1970s' should no doubt be 1980.</ref>  
At the site of the pub was built a warehouse belonging to the now defunct MFI Group furniture retailers.<ref>[https://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&story=1071 Past Times Project: Lifestory Library: Old Potters Bar In The 30’s And 40’s], by Cyril Askew, edited by Rob Blann.</ref> From a comment to the effect that the MFI store was located opposite a garage and the fact that there is still a garage there, it can be concluded that the pub was located at or near 41 High Street.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/133607519998911/permalink/4988507557842192/?comment_id=4992365837456364 Facebook: Potters Bar – a Trip Down Memory Lane; message posted by Neal Cramphorn on 23 Aug. 2020;] also see map in {{:Norrish, Robert 1978a}}, p. [2]. According to [https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/hertfordshire/pottersbar_robinhood.html The Lost Pubs Project: Hertfordshire > Potters Bar > Robin Hood] (retrieved on 2 Sep. 2020), the pub 'closed in the ealry [''sic''] 1970s and has now been demolished, with offices built on the site'. In fact MFI was a furniture store, and after this chain folded, the premises were taken over by another furniture dealer; '1970s' should no doubt be 1980.</ref>  


Apparently the land on which the pub was later built was granted to one William Swain in 1721; in 1740 a messuage was erected there by William and Mary Stone. By 1751 it had become a licensed house, known as the Robin Hood, according to a brief notice in a newsletter of the Potters Bar & District Historical Society.<ref name="lochistsoc">{{:Anonymous 1998a}}, p. 1.</ref> The Pub Wiki states that the pub was established in 1730,<ref>[https://pubwiki.co.uk/LondonSuburbs1896/Publicans1896NorthR.shtml Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, High Road, Potters Bar.]</ref> but since no source is provided for the latter date, it seems safer to accept, provisionally at least, the date cited by the local history society, even if this also does not come with a reference. Being simply the Robin Hood during much of its existence, the name of the pub has varied over the years:
Apparently the land on which the pub was later built was granted to one William Swain in 1721; in 1740 a messuage was erected there by William and Mary Stone. By 1751 it had become a licensed house, known as the Robin Hood, according to a brief notice in a newsletter of the Potters Bar & District Historical Society.<ref name="lochistsoc">{{:Anonymous 1998a}}, p. 1. This notice includes a b.& w. photo of the Robin Hood.</ref> The Pub Wiki states that the pub was established in 1730,<ref>[https://pubwiki.co.uk/LondonSuburbs1896/Publicans1896NorthR.shtml Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, High Road, Potters Bar.]</ref> but since no source is provided for the latter date, it seems safer to accept, provisionally at least, the date cited by the local history society, even if this also does not come with a reference. Being simply the Robin Hood during much of its existence, the name of the pub has varied over the years:
* 1751: The Robin Hood<ref name="lochistsoc"/>
* 1751: The Robin Hood<ref name="lochistsoc"/>
* 1760-61: The Robin Hood and Damsel<ref name="lochistsoc"/>
* 1760-61: The Robin Hood and Damsel<ref name="lochistsoc"/>

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At or near the site of the Robin Hood.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Evidently the Robin Hood gave way to the brown building to the right / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-02. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-02.

The Robin Hood on the High Street in Potters Bar was in existence by 1751 and closed in 1980.

At the site of the pub was built a warehouse belonging to the now defunct MFI Group furniture retailers.[1] From a comment to the effect that the MFI store was located opposite a garage and the fact that there is still a garage there, it can be concluded that the pub was located at or near 41 High Street.[2]

Apparently the land on which the pub was later built was granted to one William Swain in 1721; in 1740 a messuage was erected there by William and Mary Stone. By 1751 it had become a licensed house, known as the Robin Hood, according to a brief notice in a newsletter of the Potters Bar & District Historical Society.[3] The Pub Wiki states that the pub was established in 1730,[4] but since no source is provided for the latter date, it seems safer to accept, provisionally at least, the date cited by the local history society, even if this also does not come with a reference. Being simply the Robin Hood during much of its existence, the name of the pub has varied over the years:

  • 1751: The Robin Hood[3]
  • 1760-61: The Robin Hood and Damsel[3]
  • 1768-1811: The Robin Hood and Little John[3]
  • 1896: Old Robin Hood Hotel[5]
  • 1928-34: The Old Robin Hood.[3]


The pub was damaged by a bomb in 1940 but was subsequently repaired[6] or rebuilt.[3] The excellent Pub Wiki lists information on publicans and other residents for 1851 to 1933.[7]Template:PnItemQry

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  1. ↑ Past Times Project: Lifestory Library: Old Potters Bar In The 30’s And 40’s, by Cyril Askew, edited by Rob Blann.
  2. ↑ Facebook: Potters Bar – a Trip Down Memory Lane; message posted by Neal Cramphorn on 23 Aug. 2020; also see map in [Norrish, Bob]. 'Walkabout in Potters Bar', The Campaign for Real Ale, South Herts. Newsletter, No. 1978 (Jan. 1978), p. [2], p. [2]. According to The Lost Pubs Project: Hertfordshire > Potters Bar > Robin Hood (retrieved on 2 Sep. 2020), the pub 'closed in the ealry [sic] 1970s and has now been demolished, with offices built on the site'. In fact MFI was a furniture store, and after this chain folded, the premises were taken over by another furniture dealer; '1970s' should no doubt be 1980.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Anonymous. 'Cover Picture', The Newletter [of] Potters Bar & District Historical Society, vol. 14, No. 3 (1998), p. 1, p. 1. This notice includes a b.& w. photo of the Robin Hood.
  4. ↑ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, High Road, Potters Bar.
  5. ↑ 25" O.S. map Middlesex I.12 (1896; rev. 1895).
  6. ↑ Past Times Project: Lifestory Library: Old Potters Bar In The 30’s And 40’s, by Cyril Askew, edited by Rob Blann.
  7. ↑ Robin Hood, High Road, Potters Bar; also see there London (North) 1896 Suburban Publicans directory listing – R.
  8. ↑ Also see there London (North) 1896 Suburban Publicans directory listing – R.



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