Robin Hood (Southampton) (2)

Locality
Coordinate	Near 50.9, -1.404737
Adm. div.	Hampshire
Vicinity	Present Castle Way or West Street, formerly French Street
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct
First Record	1775
A.k.a.	Robin Hood Inn

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Approximate indication of the site of the Robin Hood.

The present Castle Way, at or near which the Robin Hood was located / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-04.

A pub named the Robin Hood at 12 French Street in Southampton existed from 1775 or earlier to 1855 or later.

There is now no 12 French Street. At present, this street extends north from Town Quay to about the Medieval Merchant's House on the corner of French Street and Vyse Lane. On a 6" O.S. map of Southampton published in 1871, the stretch of the present Castle Way extending from there to St Michael's Church appears also to be part of French Street, while the stretch of the present Castle Way extending north from the church to the present West Street was evidently considered part of the latter. The 1898 revision of the map has French Street from Town Quay to somewhere near the church so labelled, while the present Castle Way north of there and the present West Street are not named. After WWII, French Street was renumbered and part of it renamed 'Castle Way'. In modern terms, the site of the Robin Hood is probably on 'Castle Way', possibly on West Street.

The earliest record of the pub known to IRHB is found in The Hampshire Chronicle (17 Apr. 1775). An 1805 local guide book lists transport and haulage fares from the pub to various locations. The publican in 1843 was Jeremiah Viney; in 1853 and 1855 James Hurdle.

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

• Anonymous. The Hampshire Chronicle: or, Winchester, Southampton, and Portsmouth Mercury (17 Apr. 1775), p. 1; not seen but cf. Newspaper Archive (£)
• Cooper, William. Post Office Directory of the Borough of Southampton, and the Neighbourhood Comprised in the Postmaster's Official District (Southampton, 1843), p. 101
• [Kelly, E. R.], compil. Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorsetshire (London, 1855), Hampshire, p. 301
• Pub History: Southampton 1853 Inn Keepers post office directory
  • Pub History: Public Houses, Inns & Taverns of Hampshire in 1855 - QR
• [Skelton, T.]. The Southampton Guide: being a Description of the Ancient and Present State of That Town and Neighbourhood; Together with the Principal Roads to Different Parts of the Kingdom; Times of Post Going out and Coming in. Also of Coaches, Wagons, Packets, &c. Tide Table; and the Rates and Regulations of Porters, Barrowmen, Boats, &c., Under the New Port Act. Eighteenth Edition, enlarged and improved (Southampton, [1805]), p. 109

Maps

• 25" map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.10 (c. 1871; surveyed 1865–67). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.10 (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.10 (1897; rev. 1895)
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.10 (1910; rev. 1907)
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.10 (1933; rev. 1931)
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.10 (1934; rev. 1934)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV (1871; surveyed 1866–69)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.SW (1898; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.SW (1898; rev. 1895)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.SW (1910; rev. 1907–08)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.SW (c. 1935; rev. 1931–34)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.SW (c. 1943; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.SW (c. 1946; rev. 1938).

Background

• Closing Piubs of Southampton.

Also see

• Southampton place-name cluster
• Public houses named after Robin Hood.

Notes

 Hampshire place-names 

 Place-names