Robin Hood Hotel (Moss Side, Manchester)
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.45682, -2.235412 |
| Adm. div. | Lancashire |
| Vicinity | 37 Upper Lloyd Street / 2 Maine Road |
| Type | Public house |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Defunct |
| First Record | 1925 |
| A.k.a. | Robin Hood |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-05.
In existence by 1925,[1] the Robin Hood seems to have closed at some point in the 1980s, after which time it was an appliances shop for many years.[2]
Pub History, which lists publican information for 1929,[3] cites the address of the pub as both 2 Maine Road and Upper Lloyd Street. These are neighbouring parallel streets, and the buildings at 37 Upper Lloyd Street[4] and 2 Maine Road are back to back. On the Google satellite image they appear to be connected by various extensions that do not seem to be of recent date. The Robin Hood Hotel may therefore well have occupied both in its heyday. O.S. maps from 1923 on (see Maps section below) indicate a public house at 2 Maine Road, so it seems likely that the establishment started there and then later took over the house on Upper Lloyd Street.
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
- Closed Pubs: Lancashire > Manchester > M14 > Robin Hood
- The London Gazette (12 May 1925), p. 3259, 'Re Isabella Ainsworth, Deceased'
- Pub History: Robin Hood Hotel, 2 Maine Road & Upper Lloyd Street Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.15 (1893; surveyed 1888-89)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.15 (c. 1908; c. 1904). No copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.15 (1922; rev. 1915-16) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.15 (1922; rev. 1915-16)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.15 (1935; rev. 1933)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV (1848; surveyed 1845)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.SE (1894; surveyed 1888-90)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.SE (1909; rev. 1905) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.SE (1909; rev. 1905)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.SE (1923; rev. 1915-16)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV (1923; rev. 1915-21)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.SE (1938; rev. 1932-33)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CIV.SE (1946; rev. 1938).
Discussion
- Andrew Simpson: So who remembers the Robin Hood on Upper Lloyd Street?
- Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Upper Lloyd Street.
Also see
Notes
- ↑ The London Gazette (12 May 1925), p. 3259, 'Re Isabella Ainsworth, Deceased'.
- ↑ Pubs of Manchester, Past & Present: Robin Hood, Upper Lloyd Street.
- ↑ Pub History: Robin Hood Hotel, 2 Maine Road & Upper Lloyd Street Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire.
- ↑ For the house number, see Closed Pubs: Lancashire > Manchester > M14 > Robin Hood.
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Upper Lloyd Street: For a few decades, the former hotel was The Appliance Warehouse / Peter McDermott, 22 Nov. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Upper Lloyd Street: The Robin Hood Hotel is again the Robin Hood Hotel, but only in name, the premises being used for some other purpose / Google Maps Street View.
2 Maine Road: original premises of the Robin Hood? / Google Earth Street View
