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[[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|Smithford Street, Coventry / Google Maps Street View.]]
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A Robin Hood pub on Smithford Street in central Coventry is first mentioned in 1738. This street, the extension of High Street towards Spoon Street, survives in part as Smithford Way. A conveyance dated 1738 and a lease dated 1739 refer to the property concerned as the former Robin Hood Inn.<ref>These records from the Jarvis Estate are held by Lincoln Records Office, according to the excellent Coventry historical pubs section of [http://realalerambles.co.uk/history/R/robin_hood_smithford.html Real Ale Rambles.] See further [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5037710b-8951-4f3e-9f66-2ace5d07c522 National Archives: Conveyance by Norton Hanson of property in Coventry including the Robin Hood Inn.]</ref> Smithford Way is just around the corner from the Precinct.
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== Sources ==
* [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5037710b-8951-4f3e-9f66-2ace5d07c522 National Archives: Conveyance by Norton Hanson of property in Coventry including the Robin Hood Inn.]
* [http://realalerambles.co.uk/history/R/robin_hood_smithford.html Real Ale Rambles: The Robin Hood.]
 
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* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 315-19.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-11.
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* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/115634287#zoom=4&lat=5646&lon=2711&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1889; surveyed 1887)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.4082&lon=-1.5137&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905)] (georeferenced)
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* 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1940; rev. 1937). No copy in NLS
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101585014#zoom=5&lat=4890&lon=5118&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.SE (1888; surveyed 1887)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.4082&lon=-1.5137&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.SE (1906; rev. 1903-1905)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101585011#zoom=4&lat=4937&lon=4919&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.SE (1906; rev. 1903-1905)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101585008#zoom=4&lat=4929&lon=5135&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.SE (1919; rev. 1912)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101585005#zoom=4&lat=4754&lon=4906&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.SE (1926; rev. 1923)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102178549#zoom=4&lat=5015&lon=4824&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.SE (''c.'' 1944; rev. 1938)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101585002#zoom=4&lat=5024&lon=4636&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.SE (''c.'' 1947; rev. 1938).]<!--
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* [https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/postwar/postwar.php?pg=precinct Historic Coventry: Post-War Development.]
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Latest revision as of 05:00, 13 February 2021

Locality
Coordinate Near 52.408122, -1.512296
Adm. div. Warwickshire
Vicinity On defunct Smithford Street, E of St John the Baptist Parish Church, W of Greyfriars Lane; not far from the Precinct
Type Public house
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Defunct
First Record 1738
A.k.a. Robin Hood Inn
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The Precinct, near which Smithford Street ran.
The Precinct, near which Smithford Street ran / Google Maps Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-29. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-13.

A Robin Hood pub on Smithford Street in central Coventry is first mentioned in 1738. This street, the extension of High Street towards Spoon Street, survives in part as Smithford Way. A conveyance dated 1738 and a lease dated 1739 refer to the property concerned as the former Robin Hood Inn.[1] Smithford Way is just around the corner from the Precinct.

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Gazetteers

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Background

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Notes

  1. These records from the Jarvis Estate are held by Lincoln Records Office, according to the excellent Coventry historical pubs section of Real Ale Rambles. See further National Archives: Conveyance by Norton Hanson of property in Coventry including the Robin Hood Inn.