Robin Hood (Stoney Cross)
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 50.905424, -1.631517 |
| Adm. div. | Hampshire |
| Vicinity | S side of A31, c. 350 m ENE of Forest Road intersection, Little Stoney Cross, Stoney Cross, Minstead |
| Type | Public house |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | 1837 |
| A.k.a. | Robin Hood Farm |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-18.
The present Robin Hood Farm situated on the south side of the A31, about 350 metres east-northeast of the Forest Road intersection, in Little Stoney Cross, Stoney Cross, Minstead, is the site of a defunct Robin Hood pub.
The Robin Hood figures in the 1837 tithe award for the 'Parish of Minestead', i.e. Minstead, as 'Robin Hood Public House [with] Garden & stable opposite', with James King as landowner, Samuel Searl as occupier, 'Garden &c' as state of cultivation, and an area of 1 rood and 11 perches (1289.94 m2).[1]
One publican was named George Soffe.[2]
Though the public house is long gone, its name survives as 'Robin Hood Farm', a name that was probably in used by 1979.[3] At the site is now a private residence. Since IRHB's focus with regard to Robin Hood-related place-names is the names, rather than the localities, the status of this name has therefore been entered as 'Extant' in the info box above.
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
MS sources
- 1837 tithe award for the 'Parish of Minestead' (i.e. Minstead), online at the Genealogist, piece 31, sub-piece 177, image 027, #3 (£)
- accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, piece 31, sub-piece 177, sub-image 001 (£).
Printed and web sources
- Historic England: Bowl barrow 400m south-west of Robin Hood Farm.
- Stray page from undated Southampton Post-Office Directory
Maps
- 25" map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXIII.12 (c. 1871; surveyed 1868). No copy in NLS.
- 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXIII.12 (1897; rev. 1895)
- 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXIII.12 (1909; rev. 1907)
- 25" O.S. map Minstead parish, Hampshire (1950s) (georeferenced)<ref">The dating '1950s' (here and in image gallery below), as per map overlay on NLS map subsite as of 2021-02-18, is incorrect; it is late 19th to early 20th century.</ref>
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXIII (1872; surveyed 1869)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXIII.SE (1898; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXIII.SE (1910; rev. 1907)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXIII.SE (c. 1935; rev. 1907).
Background
Also see
Notes
- ↑ 1837 tithe award for the 'Parish of Minestead' (i.e. Minstead), online at the Genealogist, piece 31, sub-piece 177, image 027, #3 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, piece 31, sub-piece 177, sub-image 001 (£).
- ↑ Stray page from undated Southampton Post-Office Directory,
- ↑ Historic England: Bowl barrow 400m south-west of Robin Hood Farm.
Image gallery
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Robin Hood Farm was once a pub named the Robin Hood / Google Maps Street View.
'Robin Hood Farm' / Google Maps Street View.
The grounds of the Robin Hood approximately outlined in maroon / Detail of 25" O.S. map Minstead parish, Hampshire (1950s) (georeferenced); reprod. with perm. of NLS; under Creative Commons Attrib. (CC-BY) license; adapt. Henrik Thiil Nielsen.
