Robin Hood and Little Jack (Burtonwood)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The site of Robin Hood and Little Jack, Burtonwood / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-11. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.
In the mid-19th century, there was a public house named 'Robin Hood and Little Jack' on Broad Lane, about 60 meters NW of the junction of Broad and Forshaw's lanes, c. 600 m NW of Burtonwood.
The pub is included on a 6" O.S. map published 1849, based on a survey carried out 1846. Judging by later maps the building had been demolished by 1891 or 1893 (see Maps below). The name is of course a play on the very common 'Robin Hood and Little John'. Perhaps the publican who decided upon this name had a son named Jack, perhaps he simply wanted an unusual name that would attract attention?Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.3 (1893; surveyed 1891)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.7 (1893; surveyed 1891)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.7 (1907; rev. 1906) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.3 (1907; rev. 1906)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.7 (1907; rev. 1906)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.3 (1928; rev. 1926)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII (1849; surveyed 1846-47)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.NE (1894; surveyed 1891)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.NE (1908; rev. 1905-1906) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire CVIII.NE (1908; rev. 1905-1906).