Robin Hood Bar (Baslow)
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.24567, -1.582096 |
| Adm. div. | Derbyshire |
| Vicinity | Chesterfield Road, Baslow |
| Type | Public house |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | 1840 |
| A.k.a. | Robin Hood; Robin Hood Bar |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-07.
The Robin Hood or Robin Hood Inn, which is still found at Chesterfield Road, Baslow, is first recorded on an 1840 1" O.S. map of the area.[1]
The next (possible) record known to IRHB is the 1847 tithe award for the 'Township of Baslow in the Parish of Bakewell', which lists five plots of land under the collective name of 'Robin Hood Bar', with the duke of Devonshire, i.e. William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790–1858)[2] as landowner and Thomas Savage as occupier:
- plot #432: state of cultivation: 'Rough Pasture'; area: 1 acre 3 roods and 24 perches (7689.03 m2)
- plot #433: state of cultivation: 'Rough Pasture'; area: 1 acre and 25 perches (4679.18 m2)
- plot #434: state of cultivation: 'Oats'; area: 1 acre 2 roods and 26 perches (6727.9 m2)
- plot #436: state of cultivation: 'Meadow'; area: 1 acre 2 roods and 24 perches (6677.31 m2)
- plot #437: state of cultivation: 'Meadow'; area: 2 acre and 7 perches (8270.76 m2).[3]
In our experience 'Bar' is not an element one would expect to find in the name of a 19th-century public house in a rural area. The pub also figures on 6" maps from 1899 and 1923 (see Maps section below). It evidently lent its name to the hamlet that grew up around it.
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 296, s.n. "Robin Hood".
MS sources
- 1847 tithe award for the 'Township of Baslow in the Parish of Bakewell', at the Genealogist, piece 08, sub-piece 020, image 009, #432-34, 436-37 (subscription required)
- accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, piece 08, sub-piece 020, #432-34, 436-37 (subscription required).
Printed sources
- Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), pt. I, p. 42.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIV.2 (c. 1879; surveyed c. 1878). No Copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIV.2 (1898; rev. 1897)
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIV.2 (1922; rev. 1919).
- 25" O.S. map of Baslow And Bubnell parish, Derbyshire (1950s) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire Sheet XXIV.NW (1883; surveyed 1876–78)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIV.NW (1899; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire Sheet XXIV.NW (1899; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIV (1923; rev. 1919–20)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire Sheet XXIV.NW (1923; rev. 1919–20).
Background
- Dalrymple-Smith, David. Barslow in the 1820: or how the Duke got his Golden Gate ([s.l.], 2013).
- Barslow Enclosure Act 1824; the enclosure award does not mention Robin Hood as the name of the hamlet or inn.
- The Robin Hood Inn, Baslow (pub website).
- Wikipedia: William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), pt. I, p. 42.
- ↑ Wikipedia: William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
- ↑ 1847 tithe award for the 'Township of Baslow in the Parish of Bakewell', at the Genealogist, piece 08, sub-piece 020, image 009, #432-34, 436-37 (subscription required); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, piece 08, sub-piece 020, sub-image 001, #432-34, 436-37 (subscription required).