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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>
<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>
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There is a pub named the Robin Hood at 125 Barton Road, the corner of Urmston Lane/Barton Road, in Stretford, Manchester.
The Robin Hood at 125 Barton Road, at the junction of Urmston Lane/Barton Road, in Stretford, Manchester has been at its present location since the late 19th century.


Evidently the inn only became the Robin Hood at some point in the 19th century, for H. T. Crofton noted in 1903 that "[t]he Robin Hood Inn is the modern name for the old Waggon and Horses, and stood on the west side of Butt Lane, which leads from King Street or Urmston Lane towards Derbyshire Lane".<ref>{{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 10.</ref> If, as this suggests, the inn was originally located north of King Street/Urmston Lane, it must at some point have moved a little south, for its present premises are on the south side of Kingsway/Urmston Lane. A citizen born ''c.'' 1816 remembered that "[i]n the roadway at Four Lane Ends, opposite the Waggon and Horses, which was afterwards the Robin Hood, there was an iron ring fixed for bear baiting".<ref>{{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 11, and see p. 14.</ref> One 19th century keeper after the pub had become the Robin Hood was named John Hamer<ref>See Drawings below.</ref> ''Slater's Directory'' for 1845 lists Josiah Johnson Smith, victualler", as keeper of the Robin Hood.<ref>{{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III, pp. 216, 218.</ref>In keeping with O.S. practice for built-up areas, the maps listed below include the indication "P.H." but do not include the name of the pub.{{PnItemQry}}
In 1903, H. T. Crofton noted that "[t]he Robin Hood Inn [...] stood on the west side of Butt Lane, which leads from King Street or Urmston Lane towards Derbyshire Lane".<ref>{{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 10.</ref> Butt Lane is now Park Road. An old photographic postcard (see image gallery below) shows "Urmston Lane (Opposite Robin Hood Hotel) &ndash; 1898"<ref>{{:Anonymous 19xxzl}}</ref>. It depicts a scene of what is still essentially village life, and one would like to think that this short row of lovely old houses stood opposite the old pub building (also shown below), but it seems the pub had already moved to its present suburban genteel precincts by 1898. If the row of houses on Urmston Lane stood oppposite the old Robin Hood pub, this would mean they occupied more or less the space now taken by the present pub. The alternative is that the row in question was situated immediately west of the old Robin Hood and opposite the new one. The latter matches the maps rather better.
 
In keeping with O.S. practice for built-up areas, the maps listed below include the indication "P.H." but omit the name of the pub.{{PnItemQry}}


== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
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== Maps ==
== Maps ==
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.4458&lon=-2.3142&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523628#zoom=4&lat=6357&lon=13753&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523631#zoom=4&lat=6283&lon=13548&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1928; rev. 1927)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523634#zoom=4&lat=6171&lon=13758&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1939; rev. 1937-38)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102344108#zoom=5&lat=9081&lon=14378&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX (1848; surveyed 1845)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102344108#zoom=5&lat=9081&lon=14378&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX (1848; surveyed 1845)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.4455&lon=-2.3153&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.4455&lon=-2.3153&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104139#zoom=5&lat=4954&lon=7615&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104139#zoom=5&lat=4954&lon=7615&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1910; rev. 1904)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104136#zoom=5&lat=5017&lon=7577&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1929; rev. 1926-27)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104136#zoom=5&lat=5017&lon=7577&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1929; rev. 1926-27)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104133#zoom=5&lat=5080&lon=7598&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1947; rev. 1938)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101104133#zoom=5&lat=5080&lon=7598&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.NE (1947; rev. 1938).]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.4458&lon=-2.3142&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523628#zoom=4&lat=6357&lon=13753&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1907; rev. 1904)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523631#zoom=4&lat=6283&lon=13548&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1928; rev. 1927)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523634#zoom=4&lat=6171&lon=13758&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' CX.4 (1939; rev. 1937-38).]


== Drawings ==
== Drawings ==
* "Mr. John Owen in the 40th volume of his interesting manuscripts, which are in the Manchester Free Library, has made drawings of the following Stretford buildings, copies of some of which illustrate this volume [... including] Robin Hood Inn, kept by John Hamer, at the corner of Urmston Lane", cf. {{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 24.
* "Mr. John Owen in the 40th volume of his interesting manuscripts, which are in the Manchester Free Library, has made drawings of the following Stretford buildings, copies of some of which illustrate this volume [... including] Robin Hood Inn, kept by John Hamer, at the corner of Urmston Lane", cf. {{:Crofton, H T 1899a}}, vol. III (1903), p. 24.
== Background ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/The-Robin-Hood-1426498694276390/ Facebook: The Robin Hood.]
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File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-1.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking south on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View.
File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-1.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking south on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View.
File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-2.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking west on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View.
File:robin-hood-stretford-manchester-google-earth-street-view-2.jpg|The Robin Hood, looking west on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View.
File:Anonymous 19xxzk-r.jpg|The original Robin Hood / {{:Anonymous 19xxzk}}
File:Anonymous 19xxzl-r.jpg|Urmston Lane, opposite the (original) Robin Hood, 1898 / {{:Anonymous 19xxzl}}
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The Robin Hood.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The Robin Hood, looking south on Urmston Lane / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-07.

The Robin Hood at 125 Barton Road, at the junction of Urmston Lane/Barton Road, in Stretford, Manchester has been at its present location since the late 19th century.

In 1903, H. T. Crofton noted that "[t]he Robin Hood Inn [...] stood on the west side of Butt Lane, which leads from King Street or Urmston Lane towards Derbyshire Lane".[1] Butt Lane is now Park Road. An old photographic postcard (see image gallery below) shows "Urmston Lane (Opposite Robin Hood Hotel) – 1898"[2]. It depicts a scene of what is still essentially village life, and one would like to think that this short row of lovely old houses stood opposite the old pub building (also shown below), but it seems the pub had already moved to its present suburban genteel precincts by 1898. If the row of houses on Urmston Lane stood oppposite the old Robin Hood pub, this would mean they occupied more or less the space now taken by the present pub. The alternative is that the row in question was situated immediately west of the old Robin Hood and opposite the new one. The latter matches the maps rather better.

In keeping with O.S. practice for built-up areas, the maps listed below include the indication "P.H." but omit the name of the pub.Template:PnItemQry

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