Robin Hood and Little John (Portsmouth)
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 50.791219, -1.108741 |
Adm. div. | Hampshire |
Vicinity | Corner of West and Tower streets, Portsmouth |
Type | Public house |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Defunct |
First Record | 1784 |
A.k.a. | Robin Hood |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
The Robin Hood and Little John in West Street, Portsmouth, was in existence by 1784 and closed in 1894.
The land on which it stood was leased to John Boyart for a thousand years in 1691, but the Robin Hood pub itself is first recorded in Sadler's Directory (1784).[1] In trade directories, censuses etc. the address is often given simply as West Street, but sometimes it is 1 or 2 West Street. In 1823 and 1828 it is given as Tower Street, a street that meets up with West Street at the southwest corner of the latter. So in all probability the pub was situated on the corners of these streets. Information from street and trade directories, censues etc. has been gathered by John Pomeroy[2] and the Pub Wiki.[3]
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.
Sources
- King, Alan, compil. The Portsmouth Encyclopedia: a History of Places and People in Portsmouth, with an Index to Streets ([Portsmouth], 2011), p. 282 s.n. 'Robin Hood and Little John'
- Pomeroy of Portsmouth: Portsmouth Local History: Public Houses & Breweries: R; source references
- Pub Wiki: Robin Hood & Little John, West Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXXXIII.11 (1867; surveyed 1860)
- 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXXXIII.11 (1898; rev. 1896)
- 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXXXIII.11 (1898; rev. 1896) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXXXIII.11 (1910; rev. 1906)
- 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXXXIII.11 (1933; rev. 1931)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII (c. 1871; surveyed 1856)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII.SE (1898; rev. 1896) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII.SE (1898; rev. 1896)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII.SE (1911; rev. 1906–08)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII.SE (c. 1934; rev. 1931)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII.SE (c. 1942; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII.SE (c. 1943; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXXIII.SE (c. 1945; rev. 1938).
Background
Also see
Notes
- ↑ See King, Alan, compil. The Portsmouth Encyclopedia: a History of Places and People in Portsmouth, with an Index to Streets ([Portsmouth], 2011), p. 282 s.n. 'Robin Hood and Little John', and John Pomeroy below.
- ↑ Pomeroy of Portsmouth: Portsmouth Local History: Public Houses & Breweries: R; source references.
- ↑ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood & Little John, West Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire.