Robin Hood (Precinct, Coventry)

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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, fell victim to WWII German bombing or local post-WWII reconstruction efforts. The pub closed more than two hundred years before this. A conveyance dated 1738 and a lease dated 1739 refer to the property concerned as the former Robin Hood.[1]

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  1. These records from the Jervis Estate are held by Lincoln Records Office, according to the excellent Coventry historical pubs section of Real Ale Rambles, which provides no source reference. However, the source is an MS conveyance in the Lincolnshire Archives, cf. National Archives: Conveyance by Norton Hanson of property in Coventry including the Robin Hood Inn.