Robin Hood (Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford)

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Locality
Coordinates 51.753392, -1.265655
Adm. div. Oxfordshire
Vicinity Hythe Bridge Street (formerly Rewley Lane), Oxford
Type Public house
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Defunct
First Record 1830
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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, 2017-05-07.

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]

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Maps

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

Background

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