Robin Hood (Helsby)

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The Robin Hood in Helsby.

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The Robin Hood in Helsby closed before 4 May 2009, when this photo was taken / Gasrtonian, via Flickr.

The Robin Hood, boarded up and ready for demolition / Google Earth Street View, August 2009.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.

The first record I have found of the Robin Hood, until recently located on the corner of Chester Road and Lower Robin Hood Lane in Helsby, is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1881, based on surveying done 1873-74. It is found on all the later maps listed below (see Maps section). The pub had closed by 4 May 2009, and the building has subsequently been demolished. It was located on the corner of Chester Road and Lower Robin Hood Lane

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
• Not included in Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997).

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII (1881; surveyed 1873-74)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (1899; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (1911; rev. 1908)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (c. 1936; rev. 1908)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (c. 1944; rev. 1938).

Background

• Flickr: Garstonian: The Robin Hood, Helsby.

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