Robin Hood Inn (Helmshore)

Locality
Coordinate	53.689459, -2.338087
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	280 Holcombe Road, Helmshore
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1844

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The Robin Hood Inn.

The Robin Hood Inn, 280 Holcombe Road, Helmshore / Robert Wade, via Flickr.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

A Robin Hood Inn is located on 280 Holcombe Road, Helmshore. In 1844 if not later, there was a pub named Robin Hood on Greens Lane just east of Helsmhore. It was gone by 1894. Did it move to 280 Holcombe Road or are the two pubs unrelated?

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.

Brief mention

• Robin Hood's Well, near Helmshore by John Crawshaw.

Also see

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

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  The Robin Hood Inn, 280 Holcombe Road, Helmshore ( Robert Wade, via Flickr.

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  The Robin Hood Inn, 280 Holcombe Road, Helmshore / Robert Wade, via Flickr.

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  The Robin Hood Inn, 280 Holcombe Road, Helmshore / Robert Wade, via Flickr.

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