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{{#display_map:{{#var:Coords}}~{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}|&#39;|'}}|width=34%|enablefullscreen=yes}}<div class="pnMapLegend">The Precinct, near which Smithford Street ran.</div>
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[[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|right|500px|The Precinct, near which Smithford Street ran / Google Maps Street View.]]<div class="no-img">
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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-29. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>
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There was apparently a Robin Hood pub on Smithford Street in central Coventry in the early 18th century and perhaps before then. This street, the extension of High Street towards Spoon Street, fell victim to post-WWII reconstruction efforts in Coventry. The Robin Hood pub closed more than two hundred years earlier. A conveyance dated 1738 and a lease dated 1739 are said to refer to the property concerned as the former Robin Hood.<ref>These records from the Jervis 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,] which unfortunately provides no source reference.</ref>{{PlaceNamesItemQuery}}
 
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.]


== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-11.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-11.
== Sources ==
* [http://realalerambles.co.uk/history/R/robin_hood_smithford.html Real Ale Rambles: The Robin Hood.]


== Maps ==
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* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/115634290#zoom=4&lat=5957&lon=3121&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/115634290#zoom=4&lat=5957&lon=3121&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/115634293#zoom=4&lat=6225&lon=2625&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1914; rev. 1912)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/115634293#zoom=4&lat=6225&lon=2625&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1914; rev. 1912)]
* 25" O.S. map ''Warwickshire'' XXI.12 (1940; rev. 1937). No Copy in NLS
* 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/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/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)
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* [https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/postwar/postwar.php?pg=precinct Historic Coventry: Post-War Development.]
* [https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/postwar/postwar.php?pg=precinct Historic Coventry: Post-War Development.]
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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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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.