Robin Hood (Potters Bar)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|At or near the site of the Robin Hood / Google Earth Street View.]]
By {{subst:#realname:Henryfunk}}, {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}}. 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.
The excellent Pub Wiki lists information on publicans and other residents for 1851 to 1933.[5]
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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
- Facebook: Potters Bar – a Trip Down Memory Lane; message posted by Neal Cramphorn on 23 Aug. 2020
- [Norrish, Bob]. 'Walkabout in Potters Bar', The Campaign for Real Ale, South Herts. Newsletter, No. 1978 (Jan. 1978), p. [2], p. [2]
- Past Times Project: Lifestory Library: Old Potters Bar In The 30’s And 40’s, by Cyril Askew, edited by Rob Blann
- Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, High Road, Potters Bar[6]
Maps
Background
Notes
- ↑ Past Times Project: Lifestory Library: Old Potters Bar In The 30’s And 40’s, by Cyril Askew, edited by Rob Blann.
- ↑ 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].
- ↑ Anonymous. 'Cover Picture', The Newletter [of] Potters Bar & District Historical Society, vol. 14, No. 3 (1998), p. 1, p. 1.
- ↑ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, High Road, Potters Bar.
- ↑ Robin Hood, High Road, Potters Bar; Also see there London (North) 1896 Suburban Publicans directory listing - R
- ↑ Also see there London (North) 1896 Suburban Publicans directory listing – R