Robin Hood (Sutton Harbour)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The former Robin Hood, now a Turkish restaurant named Kapadokya / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-24.
The Robin Hood at 12 New Street, the Barbican, Plymouth, already seems to have had a long if largely unrecorded (or undiscovered) history when it closed as a public house in 1931 to continue or be revived as the Robin Hood Club, a night club.
The grade II listed 12 New Street is a beautiful 16th century building in Plymouth's oldest street.[1] According to Plymouth local historian Chris Robinson, the Robin Hood was 'an even older establishment' than the Robin Hood and Little John at Prince Rock, which was in existence by the mid-19th century.[2] Circa 2009, the Robin Hood nightclub gave way to Shirley Valentine's Taverna, which specialised in Turkish and Mediterranean cuisine[3] Still more recently this restaurant was replaced by Kapadokya, a Turkish restaurant.[4] The Pub Wiki provides information on publicans etc. for the years 1889-1923.[5] Template:PnItemQry
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
- Chris Robinson's Plymouth: Robin Hood (page no longer exists; website still online)
- Plymouth CAMRA: Shirley Valentine's Taverna
- Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 12 New Street, Plymouth
- What ?ub: Shirley Valentine's Taverna
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Devon CXXIII.12 (c. 1854–63; surveyed c. 1854.)
- 25" O.S. map Devon CXXIII.12 (1895; rev. 1892) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Devon CXXIII.12 (1895; rev. 1892–93)
- 25" O.S. map Devon CXXIII.12 (1914; rev. 1912)
- 6" O.S. map Devonshire CXXIII.SE (1896; surveyed 1892–93)
- 6" O.S. map Devonshire CXXIII.SW & SE (1907; rev. 1905) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Devonshire CXXIII.SW & SE (1907; rev. 1905)
- 6" O.S. map Devonshire CXXIII.SW & SE (1919; rev. 1912)
- 6" O.S. map Devonshire CXXIII.SW & SE (c. 1946; rev. 1938).
Background
Notes
- ↑ Historic England: The Robin Hood Club.
- ↑ Chris Robinson's Plymouth: Robin Hood (page no longer exists; website still online.)
- ↑ Plymouth CAMRA: Shirley Valentine's Taverna.
- ↑ Facebook: Kapadokya Restaurant.
- ↑ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 12 New Street, Plymouth.