Robin Hood and Little John (Hoxton)

From International Robin Hood Bibliography

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Approximate indication of site of Robin Hood and Little John (Hoxton).

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Pitfield Street. The pub was located near the building beyond the playground / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-18.

The Robin Hood & Little John on the east side of Whitmore Place is apparently recorded as early as 1803. Already an old pub in 1811, it closed in 1954.[1]

While the pub seems to have stayed at the same premises throughout its existence, its address was changed a couple of times when new streets were constructed and/or old ones renamed:

  • 1811-62: 16 Whitmore Place east
  • 1862-19??: 140 St Johns Road
  • By 1944, after 1938: 256 Pitfield Street.[2]

The 1811 allusion cited below makes it clear that the pub already then had a long history as a meeting place for archers who practised their sport on the adjacent Finsbury Fields. In 1817 the proprietor, David Trickey, was accused of tippling.[3] The allusion of 1830 refers to the pub as "the Robin Hood, Hoxton Old Town". The 1835 allusion occurs immediately after a paragraph discussing localities on or near Whitmore and Kingsland roads, a fact which tends to strengthen the conclusion that the Robin Hood inn in or near Hoxton Fields mentioned in 19th century topogaphical works is indeed the establishment at Whitmore Place/St Johns Road and not some other public house of that name. Information on publicans gleaned from trade directories etc. from the period 1814–1954 can be found at UK Pub History (see Sources below). Template:PnItemQry

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