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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-28. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-28. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | ||
The Robin Hood at 18 Cox Street, Coventry, was in existence from 1863 or earlier to 1929. | |||
According to the Real Ale Rambles site, the pub was named Kings Arms from 1822 to either 1850<ref>[http://realalerambles.co.uk/history/R/robin_hood_cox.html Real Ale Rambles: The Robin Hood.]</ref> or 1868<ref>[http://realalerambles.co.uk/history/K/kings_arms_cox.html Real Ale Rambles: The Kings Arms.]</ref> However, | |||
Definitive Guide to the History of Pubs and Beerhouses in the City of Coventry | |||
In censuses and other sources, the old street name "Mill Lane" is sometimes found used instead of Cox Street.<ref>For instance the 1871 census, which may be accessed via [https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk the Genealogist.] Also see [https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/covmaps/map_scans.php?no=5 Historic Coventry: Scans of old Coventry maps: 1851 City of Coventry.]</ref> | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* | * [http://realalerambles.co.uk/history/K/kings_arms_cox.html Real Ale Rambles: The Kings Arms] | ||
* [http://realalerambles.co.uk/history/R/robin_hood_cox.html Real Ale Rambles: The Robin Hood.] | |||
== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
* [https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/covmaps/map_scans.php?no=5 Historic Coventry: Scans of old Coventry maps: 1851 City of Coventry] | |||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/115634287#zoom=5&lat=5476&lon=7106&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1889; surveyed 1887)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/115634287#zoom=5&lat=5476&lon=7106&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1889; surveyed 1887)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.4087&lon=-1.5029&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905)] (georeferenced) | * [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.4087&lon=-1.5029&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905)] (georeferenced) | ||
Revision as of 00:12, 29 October 2018
Cox Street, Coventry.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Cox Street, Coventry / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-29.
The Robin Hood at 18 Cox Street, Coventry, was in existence from 1863 or earlier to 1929.
According to the Real Ale Rambles site, the pub was named Kings Arms from 1822 to either 1850[1] or 1868[2] However,
Definitive Guide to the History of Pubs and Beerhouses in the City of Coventry
In censuses and other sources, the old street name "Mill Lane" is sometimes found used instead of Cox Street.[3]
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
Maps
- Historic Coventry: Scans of old Coventry maps: 1851 City of Coventry
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1889; surveyed 1887)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1914; rev. 1912)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1940; rev. 1937). No Copy in NLS
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1888; surveyed 1887)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1906; rev. 1903-1905) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1906; rev. 1903-1905)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1919; rev. 1912)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1926; rev. 1923)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (c. 1944; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (c. 1947; rev. 1938)
Notes
- ↑ Real Ale Rambles: The Robin Hood.
- ↑ Real Ale Rambles: The Kings Arms.
- ↑ For instance the 1871 census, which may be accessed via the Genealogist. Also see Historic Coventry: Scans of old Coventry maps: 1851 City of Coventry.