Robin Hood and Little John (Rabley Heath)

Locality
Coordinate	51.857118, -0.207408
Adm. div.	Hertfordshire
Vicinity	Rabley Heath Farm, Rabley Heath, Welwyn
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1871

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Robin Hood and Little John.

Robin Hood and Little John / Robert Edwards, 16 May 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-24.

The Robin Hood and Little John, a pub and restaurant in Rabley Heath, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, was in existence by 1871.

The earliest map reference is a 6" O.S. map published in 1884, based on surveying carried out in 1881 (see Maps below). Information on publicans for the years 1871 to 1937 can be found at UK Pub History.

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.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.11 (c. 1881; surveyed 1879-80). No Copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.11 (c. 1898; rev. c. 1897). No Copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.11 (1924; rev. 1922) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.11 (1924; rev. 1922)
• 25" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.11 (1946; rev. 1939)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX (1884; surveyed 1881)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.SE (1899; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.SE (1899; rev. 1897)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.SE (1925; rev. 1922)
• 6" O.S. map Hertfordshire XX.SE (1950; rev. 1946-47).

Sources

• UK Pub History: Robin Hood, Rabley Heath, Codicote, Welwyn, Hertfordshire.

Background

• Robin Hood & Little John, Rabley Heath.

Also see

• Places named after Little John
• Public houses named after Robin Hood.

Notes

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  Robin Hood and Little John / Robert Edwards, 16 May 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Oak tree at the Robin Hood and Little John Public House. This magnificent oak tree dwarfs the mainly single storey public house / Nigel Cox, 22 Nov. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood and Little John, a Grade II listed building / Nigel Cox, 22 Nov. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Hertfordshire Federation of Women's Institutes; Judges Ltd. The Robin Hood & Little John, Rabley Heath ([s.l.]; Hastings, [19??]). Photo­graphic post­card (col.). 150 x 106 mm. / HTN collection.

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