Robin Hood (Holywell Parish, Oxford)

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Holywell, the parish in which a pub named Robin Hood was located in 1852.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-21.

Gardner’s 1852 Directory of Oxfordshire under 'Hotels, Inns, &c.' lists an establishment named Robin Hood in Holywell Parish, Oxford. The proprietor was a Thomas Davis.

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

• Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.

Maps

Maps of Oxford, focused on Holywell. The Robin Hood is not indicated.

• 6" O.S. map Oxfordshire XXXIII (1887 (surveyed 1876)
• 6" O.S. map Oxfordshire XXXIII.SE (1900 (rev. 1898)
• 6" O.S. map Oxfordshire XXXIII.SE (1900 (rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Oxfordshire XXXIII.SE (1922 (rev. 1919)
• 6" O.S. map Oxfordshire XXXIII.SE (c. 1947 (rev. 1938).

Background

• Wikipedia: Holywell, Oxford.

Also

• Oxford place-name cluster.

Notes