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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]; [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_pubs/pubs_1846.html Oxford History: Oxford inns and hotels in 1846.]</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>
 
From 1846 to 1869 a William Bossom is listed as publican,<ref>Hunt & Co's ''Oxford Directory'', 1846 ([http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_pubs/pubs_1846.html Oxford History: Oxford inns and hotels in 1846]); [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1852_gardners/hotels_inns.html Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.]; [http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire] (1863, 1869); Rewley Road confused with R. Road. {{:Slater, Isaac 1850a}}. p. 34 of the Oxfordshire section.</ref> and in 1881 a George Browning; in 1901 the proprietor was Henry Fosters, Licensed Victualler; in 1903 Frederick Shelton, Beer Retailer.<ref>[http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.]</ref>


From 1852 to 1869 a William Bossom is listed as publican,<ref>[http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1852_gardners/hotels_inns.html Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.]; [http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire] (1863, 1869); Rewley Road confused with R. Road.</ref> and in 1881 a George Browning; in 1901 the proprietor was Henry Fosters, Licensed Victualler; in 1903 Frederick Shelton, Beer Retailer.<ref>[http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.]</ref>
=== Sources ===
=== Sources ===
* [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1830_pigots/trades_t.html Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T]
* [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1830_pigots/trades_t.html Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T]
* [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_pubs/pubs_1846.html Oxford History: Oxford inns and hotels in 1846]
* [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1852_gardners/hotels_inns.html Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.]
* [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1852_gardners/hotels_inns.html Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.]
* [http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.]
* [http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire]
* {{:Slater, Isaac 1850a}}. p. 34 of the Oxfordshire section.


=== Maps ===
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Hyth Bridge Street (formerly Rewley Lane), where the Robin Hood was located.
Hythe Bridge Street (formerly Rewley Lane), Oxford, where the Robin Hood was located / Photo: Google Earth.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-20.

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 1846 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]

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

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