Robin Hood and Little John (Tonwell)

Locality
Coordinate	51.837451, -0.065235
Adm. div.	Hertfordshire
Vicinity	On Ware Road, Tonwell, Ware
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1851
A.k.a.	Robin Hood & Little John; Little John; Robin Hood

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The Robin Hood & Little John.

Robin Hood and Little John pub, Tonwell / Bikeboy, 02 Dec. 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-01. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

The still existing Robin Hood & Little John on Ware Road in Tonwell, Ware. Hertfordshire, was in business by 1851.

The excellent Pub Wiki provides a wealth of information on publicans etc. for the years 1851–1937. Template:PlaceNamesItemQuery

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

• Pub Wiki: Robin Hood & Little John, Tonwell, Ware, Hertfordshire.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.3 (c. 1881; surveyed 1880). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.3 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.3 (1898; rev. 1897)
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.3 (1923; rev. 1922)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX (1884; surveyed 1879–80)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.NE (1899; rev. 1896–97) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.NE (1899; rev. 1896–97)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.NE (1925; rev. 1922)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.NE (c. 1949; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XXIX.NE (c. 1950; rev. 1938–46).

Background

• Facebook: Robin Hood and Little John
• McMullen: Robin Hood & Little John.

Also see

• Public houses named after Robin Hood.

Notes

• 

  Robin Hood and Little John pub, Tonwell / Bikeboy, 2 Dec. 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood & Little John public house at Tonwell / Robert Edwards, 8 June 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Tonwell: Ware Road and The Robin Hood and Little John / John Sutton, 14 Jan. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

 Hertfordshire place-names 

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