Robin Hood (Amblecote)

Locality
Coordinate	52.470936, -2.146617
Adm. div.	Staffordshire
Vicinity	196-200 Collis Street, Stourbridge
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1940

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The Robin Hood in Amblecote.

The Robin Hood / P. L. Chadwick, 23 June 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

The still thriving Robin Hood pub in Amblecote was in existence by 1940.

Pub Wiki lists information on the publican etc. for 1940 only. Formerly 15 Collis Street, the address is now 196-200 Collis Street. The pub is not indicated on the maps listed below.

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, 15 Collis street, Amblecote, Staffordshire.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.6 (1903; rev. 1901) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.6 (1884; surveyed 1882)
• 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.6 (1903; rev. 1901)
• 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.6 (1919; rev. 1914)
• 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.6 (1947; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.NW (1903; rev. 1901) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.NW (1886; surveyed 1882)
• 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.NW (1903; rev. 1901)
• 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI (1921; rev. 1914)
• 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.NW (1921; rev. 1914)
• 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LXXI.NW (c. 1949; rev. 1948).

Background

• Facebook: The Robin Hood Inn
• Wikipedia: Amblecote.

Also see

• Public houses named after Robin Hood.

Notes

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  The Robin Hood / P. L. Chadwick, 23 June 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Sign of the Robin Hood / P. L. Chadwick, 23 June 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood / P. L. Chadwick, 23 June 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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