Robin Hood (Precinct, Coventry)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality | |
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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 |
The Precinct, near which Smithford Street ran.
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]
Sources
- National Archives: Conveyance by Norton Hanson of property in Coventry including the Robin Hood Inn.
- Real Ale Rambles: The Robin Hood.
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1889; surveyed 1887)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1906; rev. 1903-1905)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1914; rev. 1912)
- 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.12 (1940; rev. 1937). No copy in NLS
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1888; surveyed 1887)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1906; rev. 1903-1905) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1906; rev. 1903-1905)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1919; rev. 1912)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (1926; rev. 1923)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (c. 1944; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXI.SE (c. 1947; rev. 1938).
Background
Also see
Notes
- ↑ 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.