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[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Martin, Charles. High Hill Ferry, the River Lea (1102) (London, [s.d.]). Picture postcard (col.). 89 x 140 mm. / HTN collection.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-12-22.
First mentioned in 1794, the Robin Hood Tavern at High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton, closed in 2001, when its precincts were demolished. An 1851 trade directory and the 1861 census list it as the Ferry House. In the 19th century, the pub had its own fishery and the publican also operated the Robin Hood Ferry across the Lea.[1] Information on publicans from the period 1794–1944 culled from Proceedings of the Old Bailey, trade and Post Office directories, census records etc. can be found at UK Pub History.[2]
According to the latter website, the pub was "[o]riginally at Robin Hood Hill, then at High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton by 1896".[3] No source is cited for this, and it must be noted that right from the first reference in the Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1794) – which is also the earliest known to UK Pub Hisory – the pub was located at High Hill Ferry. Unless "Robin Hood Hill" is simply a mistake, it may have been an alternative name for High Hill Ferry, but I have seen no record evidence for this.
The area where the pub stood now forms part of the Robin Hood Community Garden. 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
- Lost Pubs Project: Robin Hood, Clapton, E5, London
- Pub History: Robin Hood, High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton E5
- London Pubology: Robin Hood
- UK Pub Finder: Robin Hood Tavern, Clapton (E5), Greater London.
Brief mention
Notes
- ↑ See Pub History: Robin Hood, High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton E5 and Lost Pubs Project: Robin Hood, Clapton, E5, London.
- ↑ Robin Hood, High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton E5; London (North) 1896 Suburban Publicans directory listing - R; London, UK 1904 Suburban Publicans directory listing - R; London, UK 1911 Suburban directory listing - R; London, UK 1919 Suburban directory listing - R; The London Public Houses in the 1938 Post Office Directory - R; The London Public Houses in the 1944 Post Office Directory - Ri; East London Beer Guide & Pub directory in 1983 - E5 Clapton; East London Beer Guide & Pub directory in 1991 - E5 Clapton.
- ↑ Pub History: Robin Hood, High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton E5.
The Robin Hood during a flood in 1903 / Campbell & Gray, photog. 'The Inundation of London: Some of the Effects of the Great Flood Last Week', The Tatler, No. 104 (24 June 1903), p. 467.
The sign of the Robin Hood has now found a home in Robin Hood Community Garden, a few meters north of the pub site / Google Maps Street View.