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{{#display_map:{{#var:Coords}}~{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}|'|'}}|width=34%}}<div class="pnMapLegend">The Robin Hood.</div> | {{#display_map:{{#var:Coords}}~{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}|'|'}}|width=34%|enablefullscreen=yes}}<div class="pnMapLegend">The Robin Hood.</div> | ||
[[File:{{#var: | [[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|right|500px|The Robin Hood, looking south on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View.]]<div class="no-img"> | ||
<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
The Robin Hood at 125 Barton Road, at the junction of Urmston Lane/Barton Road, in Stretford, Manchester has been at its present location since the late 19th century. | |||
In 1903, H. T. Crofton noted that "[t]he Robin Hood Inn [...] stood on the west side of Butt Lane, which leads from King Street or Urmston Lane towards Derbyshire Lane".<ref>{{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 10.</ref> Butt Lane is now Park Road. An old photographic postcard (see image gallery below) shows "Urmston Lane (Opposite Robin Hood Hotel) – 1898"<ref>{{:Anonymous 19xxzl}}</ref>. It depicts a scene of what is still essentially village life, and one would like to think that this short row of lovely old houses stood opposite the old pub building (also shown below), but it seems the pub had already moved to its present suburban genteel precincts by 1898. If the row of houses on Urmston Lane stood oppposite the old Robin Hood pub, this would mean they occupied more or less the space now taken by the present pub. The alternative is that the row in question was situated immediately west of the old Robin Hood and opposite the new one. The latter matches the maps rather better. | |||
In keeping with O.S. practice for built-up areas, the maps listed below include the indication "P.H." but omit the name of the pub.{{PlaceNamesItemAllusionsAndRecords}} | |||
== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
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== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.4458&lon=-2.3142&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904)] (georeferenced) | |||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523628#zoom=4&lat=6357&lon=13753&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904)] | |||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523631#zoom=4&lat=6283&lon=13548&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1928; rev. 1927)] | |||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523634#zoom=4&lat=6171&lon=13758&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1939; rev. 1937-38)] | |||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102344108#zoom=5&lat=9081&lon=14378&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX (1848; surveyed 1845)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102344108#zoom=5&lat=9081&lon=14378&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX (1848; surveyed 1845)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.4455&lon=-2.3153&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)] (georeferenced) | * [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.4455&lon=-2.3153&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)] (georeferenced) | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104139#zoom=5&lat=4954&lon=7615&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104139#zoom=5&lat=4954&lon=7615&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104136#zoom=5&lat=5017&lon=7577&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1929; rev. 1926-27)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104136#zoom=5&lat=5017&lon=7577&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1929; rev. 1926-27)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104133#zoom=5&lat=5080&lon=7598&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1947; rev. 1938 | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104133#zoom=5&lat=5080&lon=7598&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1947; rev. 1938).] | ||
== Drawings == | == Drawings == | ||
* "Mr. John Owen in the 40th volume of his interesting manuscripts, which are in the Manchester Free Library, has made drawings of the following Stretford buildings, copies of some of which illustrate this volume [... including] Robin Hood Inn, kept by John Hamer, at the corner of Urmston Lane", cf. {{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 24. | * "Mr. John Owen in the 40th volume of his interesting manuscripts, which are in the Manchester Free Library, has made drawings of the following Stretford buildings, copies of some of which illustrate this volume [... including] Robin Hood Inn, kept by John Hamer, at the corner of Urmston Lane", cf. {{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 24. | ||
== Background == | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/The-Robin-Hood-1426498694276390/ Facebook: The Robin Hood.] | |||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-1.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking south on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View. | File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-1.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking south on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View. | ||
File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-2.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking west on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View. | File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-2.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking west on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View. | ||
File:Anonymous 19xxzk-r.jpg|The original Robin Hood / {{:Anonymous 19xxzk}} | |||
File:Anonymous 19xxzl-r.jpg|Urmston Lane, opposite the (original) Robin Hood, 1898 / {{:Anonymous 19xxzl}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 7 January 2021
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.445478, -2.314112 |
Adm. div. | Lancashire |
Vicinity | 125 Barton Road, Stretford, Manchester |
Type | Public house |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1898 |
A.k.a. | Robin Hood Hotel |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
The Robin Hood at 125 Barton Road, at the junction of Urmston Lane/Barton Road, in Stretford, Manchester has been at its present location since the late 19th century.
In 1903, H. T. Crofton noted that "[t]he Robin Hood Inn [...] stood on the west side of Butt Lane, which leads from King Street or Urmston Lane towards Derbyshire Lane".[1] Butt Lane is now Park Road. An old photographic postcard (see image gallery below) shows "Urmston Lane (Opposite Robin Hood Hotel) – 1898"[2]. It depicts a scene of what is still essentially village life, and one would like to think that this short row of lovely old houses stood opposite the old pub building (also shown below), but it seems the pub had already moved to its present suburban genteel precincts by 1898. If the row of houses on Urmston Lane stood oppposite the old Robin Hood pub, this would mean they occupied more or less the space now taken by the present pub. The alternative is that the row in question was situated immediately west of the old Robin Hood and opposite the new one. The latter matches the maps rather better.
In keeping with O.S. practice for built-up areas, the maps listed below include the indication "P.H." but omit the name of the pub.
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
Sources
- Crofton, H. T. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Stretford in Manchester Parish, including Sketches of the Township of Stretford together with Notices of Local Families and Persons (Remains Historical and Literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Cheshire, New series, vols. 42, 45 and 51) (Manchester, 1899-1903), vol. III (1903), pp. 10, 11, 14, 24, 216, 218.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CX.4 (1928; rev. 1927)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CX.4 (1939; rev. 1937-38)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CX (1848; surveyed 1845)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CX.NE (1929; rev. 1926-27)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CX.NE (1947; rev. 1938).
Drawings
- "Mr. John Owen in the 40th volume of his interesting manuscripts, which are in the Manchester Free Library, has made drawings of the following Stretford buildings, copies of some of which illustrate this volume [... including] Robin Hood Inn, kept by John Hamer, at the corner of Urmston Lane", cf. Crofton, H. T. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Stretford in Manchester Parish, including Sketches of the Township of Stretford together with Notices of Local Families and Persons (Remains Historical and Literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Cheshire, New series, vols. 42, 45 and 51) (Manchester, 1899-1903), vol. III (1903), p. 24.
Background
Also see
- Stretford, Manchester place-name cluster
- Manchester place-name cluster
- Public houses named after Robin Hood.
Notes
- ↑ Crofton, H. T. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Stretford in Manchester Parish, including Sketches of the Township of Stretford together with Notices of Local Families and Persons (Remains Historical and Literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Cheshire, New series, vols. 42, 45 and 51) (Manchester, 1899-1903), vol. III (1903), p. 10.
- ↑ Anonymous. Urmston Lane (opposite Robin Hood Hotel) Stretford – 1898 ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photographic postcard (monochrome). 141 x 90 mm.
Image gallery
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The original Robin Hood / Anonymous. Old Stretford ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photographic postcard (monochrome). 141 x 89 mm.
Urmston Lane, opposite the (original) Robin Hood, 1898 / Anonymous. Urmston Lane (opposite Robin Hood Hotel) Stretford – 1898 ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photographic postcard (monochrome). 141 x 90 mm.