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An 1830 trade directory lists this as a tavern or public house in "Ruly lane", i.e. Rewley Lane, the proprietor an Elizabeth Bossom. An 1846 trade directory has the pub at Hythe Bridge Street.<ref>See [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1830_pigots/trades_t.html Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T.]</ref> The pub had not moved. Sometime between 1830 and 1846 Rewley Lane was renamed Hythe Bridge Street.<ref>See {{:Wood, Anthony 1889a}}, vol. I, p. 332; {{:Gelling, Margaret 1953a}}, pt. I, p. 42.</ref> | An 1830 trade directory lists this as a tavern or public house in "Ruly lane", i.e. Rewley Lane, the proprietor an Elizabeth Bossom. An 1846 trade directory has the pub at Hythe Bridge Street.<ref>See [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1830_pigots/trades_t.html Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T.]</ref> The pub had not moved. Sometime between 1830 and 1846 Rewley Lane was renamed Hythe Bridge Street.<ref>See {{:Wood, Anthony 1889a}}, vol. I, p. 332; {{:Gelling, Margaret 1953a}}, pt. I, p. 42.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 18 December 2017
Hyth Bridge Street (formerly Rewley Lane), where the Robin Hood was located.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.
An 1830 trade directory lists this as a tavern or public house in "Ruly lane", i.e. Rewley Lane, the proprietor an Elizabeth Bossom. An 1846 trade directory has the pub at Hythe Bridge Street.[1] The pub had not moved. Sometime between 1830 and 1846 Rewley Lane was renamed Hythe Bridge Street.[2]
From 1852 to 1869 a William Bossom is listed as publican,[3] and in 1881 a George Browning; in 1901 the proprietor was Henry Fosters, Licensed Victualler; in 1903 Frederick Shelton, Beer Retailer.[4]
Sources
- Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T
- Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.
- Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.
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
- Gelling, Margaret; Stenton, Doris Mary, compil. The Place-Names of Oxfordshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXIII, XXIV) (Cambridge, 1953-54), pt. I, p. 42.
- Wood, Anthony; Clark, Andrew, ed. Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661-6 (Oxford Historical Society, vols. 15, 17, 37) (Oxford, 1889-99), vol. I, p. 332.
Also see
Notes
- ↑ See Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T.
- ↑ See Wood, Anthony; Clark, Andrew, ed. Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661-6 (Oxford Historical Society, vols. 15, 17, 37) (Oxford, 1889-99), vol. I, p. 332; Gelling, Margaret; Stenton, Doris Mary, compil. The Place-Names of Oxfordshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXIII, XXIV) (Cambridge, 1953-54), pt. I, p. 42.
- ↑ Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.; Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire (1863, 1869); Rewley Road confused with R. Road.
- ↑ Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.