Robin Hood (Holborn)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|At Shoe Lane. Robin Hood Court with the Robin Hood pub at No. 5 was somewhere on the west (left) side of the street / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-17.
A public house named the Robin Hood in Robin Hood Court, on the west side of Shoe Lane, is referred to as early as 1692, when it figures in the summary of a case at the Old Bailey.[1]
Information on publicans gleaned from trade directories etc. from the period 1839–75 can be found at UK Pub History.UK Pub History: Robin Hood, 5 Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane, Holborn. Also see Sources below. When one comes across references in the records, for instance Old Bailey case reports such as those listed below, to pubs named the Robin Hood in Holborn it is sometimes difficult to determine which is meant, for there were three Robin Hood pubs in Holborn: Robin Hood (High Holborn), Robin Hood (Holborn), Robin Hood (Leather Lane, Holborn). The one we are concerned with on this page is often identified in the records by reference to the street on which it was located. Its address was 5 Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane.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
Maps
- 25" O.S. map London V.10 (1936; rev. 1914)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey III.NW (1898; rev. 1893-95)
- 6" O.S. map Middlesex XVII (1880-82; surveyed 1868-73).
Notes
- ↑ See Records below.
- ↑ Also see the following pages at UK Pub History: The London 1839 Public House & Publican Directory - as listed in London 1839 Pigots Directory - R3; London 1841 Public House & Publican Directory - R3; London 1856 Public House & Publican Directory - R2; London 1869 Public House & Publican Directory - R2; London 1874 Licensed Victuallers and Hotel Keepers Directory - City LR.