Robin Hood (Cheetham Hill, Manchester)

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The former Robin Hood, Cheetham Hill, Manchester.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The former Robin Hood, Cheetham Hill, Manchester / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-31.

The Robin Hood at 591 Cheetham Hill, whose history would seem to go back to 1794, closed some years ago. In recent decades the pub changed its name to Firdowsi, then the New Robin Hood (Hotel). Early in 2010, when it was still in business, it was a local forum member's suggestion for the "Roughest Place In Manchester".

Pub History lists information on publicans for 1911 and 1929. As is normal for O.S. maps of urban areas, those listed below do not include the name of the pub. In fact only the 25" maps published 1922 and 1932 indicate a public house ("P.H.") at the location (see Maps below).

According to a recent blog post on Cheetham Hill, "The Robin Hood pub which opened in 1794 was the meeting place for the village’s archers who were renowned countrywide for their archery skills [...]" No reference is provided for this statement, but the date 1794 is tentatively accepted, since the mention in the first allusion from 1908 cited below of the "sign of Robin Hood" being in existence more than a century earlier lends some support and the second allusion from 1908, referring to a trade directory, shows that the Robin Hood was in existence by 1824. However, the present building obviously does not date from 1794, and it is doubtful, therefore, whether the old pub stood in exactly the same place.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

• Pub History: Robin Hood, 591 Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire
• View: Manchester: New Robin Hood Hotel
• What ?ub: New Robin Hood.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.14 (1893; surveyed 1889)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.14 (c. 1909; rev. c. 1907). No Copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.14 (1922; rev. 1915) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.14 (1922; rev. 1915)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.14 (1932; rev. 1932)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.SW (1910; rev. 1906-1907) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI (1848; surveyed 1844-45)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.SW (1894; surveyed 1889-91)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.SW (1910; rev. 1906-1907)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI (1923; rev. 1915)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.SW (1923; rev. 1915)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.SW (1932; rev. 1932)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCVI.SW (1946; rev. 1938).

Discussion

• Around Manchester: Cheetham Hill
• BlueMoon: Roughest Place In Manchester?

Notes

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