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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, 2018-10-23.

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]

UK Pub History lists information on publicans etc. for the years 1863 to 1903, ^[3] which can be supplemented by the Oxford History site^[4] and Slater's Directory for 1850.^[5] UK Pub History has the pub at 1 Rewley Road, but unless it moved there at some point, this is not correct.Template:PnItemQry

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[1] See Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T; Oxford History: Oxford inns and hotels in 1846.

[2] 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.

[3] UK Pub History: Robin Hood, 1 Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

[4] Oxford History: Oxford inns and hotels in 1846; Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.

[5] Slater, Isaac, compil. Slater's (Late Pigot & Co.) Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the Counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Suffolk (Manchester and London, 1850). p. 34 of the Oxfordshire section.

[6] Also see Oxford History: Oxford inns and hotels in 1846; Oxford History: Gardner’s 1852 Directory: Oxford: Hotels, Inns, &c.

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+<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>
-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>
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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]; [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 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>
+UK Pub History lists information on publicans etc. for the years 1863 to 1903, <ref>[http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml UK Pub History: Robin Hood, 1 Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.]</ref> which can be supplemented by the Oxford History site<ref>[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.]</ref> and Slater's ''Directory'' for 1850.<ref>{{:Slater, Isaac 1850a}}. p. 34 of the Oxfordshire section.</ref> UK Pub History has the pub at 1 Rewley Road, but unless it moved there at some point, this is not correct.{{PnItemQry}}
-=== 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_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.]
-=== Maps ===
+== Sources ==
+* [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/people_lists/oxford_1830_pigots/trades_t.html Oxford History: Pigot's 1830 Directory: Oxford: Trades: T]<ref>Also see [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.]</ref>
+* {{:Slater, Isaac 1850a}}. p. 34 of the Oxfordshire section
+* [http://pubshistory.com/Oxfordshire/Oxford/RobinHood.shtml UK Pub History: Robin Hood, Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.]
+== Maps ==
 Maps of Oxford, focused on Holywell. The Robin Hood is not indicated.
 * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102346822#zoom=7&lat=939&lon=8185&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII (1887 (surveyed 1876)]
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 * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101457954#zoom=6&lat=1796&lon=1364&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII.SE (''c.'' 1947 (rev. 1938).]
-=== Background ===
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 * {{:Gelling, Margaret 1953a}}, pt. I, p. 42.
 * {{:Wood, Anthony 1889a}}, vol. I, p. 332.
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