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{{#display_map:{{#var:Coords}}~{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}|&#39;|'}}|width=34%}}<div class="pnMapLegend">The Robin Hood in 1674.</div>
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[[File:map-from-anthony-wood-butcher-row.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The broken line on Great Bayly Street (which extends left from the centre and was later renamed Queen Street) indicates the course of Buther Row on this detail from 'Plan of Oxford shewing the Position of the Ancient Halls &c. according to Wood' / Frontispiece in {{:Wood, Anthony 1889a}}, vol. I (click image to enlarge).]]
[[File:map-from-anthony-wood-butcher-row.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The broken line on Great Bayly Street (which extends left from the centre and was later renamed Queen Street) indicates the course of Buther Row on this detail from 'Plan of Oxford shewing the Position of the Ancient Halls &c. according to Wood' / Frontispiece in {{:Wood, Anthony 1889a}}, vol. I (click image to enlarge).]]
[[File:google-earth-33-35-queen-street-oxford.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Queen Street 33-35. The Sign of the Robin Hood occupied part of the area now covered by the red-brick building (with the two shops) and the pavement in front of it / Google Earth Street View.]]
[[File:google-earth-33-35-queen-street-oxford.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Queen Street 33-35. The Sign of the Robin Hood occupied part of the area now covered by the red-brick building (with the two shops) and the pavement in front of it / Google Earth Street View.]]
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The Sign of the Robin Hood was located in Butcher Row, which was later extended, widened and renamed first Great Bayly Street, then Queen Street. The tavern would have been located, at least in part, on the area covered by the pavement in front of the red-brick building (Queen Street 33-35) seen in the Google Street View photo shown elsewhere on this page.<ref>This can be inferred from information provided in {{:Salter, H E 1913a}}, pp. 174, 178 (No. 269), 350-51, and the 'plan' of Oxford according to Wood shown elsewhere on this page.</ref> The property was owned by Balliol College, whose bursar noted details about leases, fines and rents in his Fine Book, begun about 1670. His entry on the property on part of which the Robin Hood was located must have been written some years after 1674 for the words "in 1674 (and so at the present)" to make sense (see Record cited below). His entries stop in 1686, when another hand takes over and the entries become less interesting and detailed.<ref>{{:Salter, H E 1913a}}, p. 339.</ref> While the record makes it clear that the sign of the Robin Hood, run by Robert Gardiner, was in business by 1674 and had gone out of business by 1686, it is not clear from the bursar's entry how long it had existed by the former date. As the buildings erected on this land were not quite finished on 3 June 1657, the tavern could hardly have opened much earlier. A lease dated 27 April 1676 lists 'Robert Gardiner' as 'victular',<ref>{{:Salter, H E 1913a}}, pp. 178-79 (Nos. 269-70).</ref> so the Robin Hood was evidently still in business at that time.
The Sign of the Robin Hood was located in Butcher Row, which was later extended, widened and renamed first Great Bayly Street, then Queen Street. The tavern would have been located, at least in part, on the area covered by the pavement in front of the red-brick building (Queen Street 33-35) seen in the Google Street View photo shown elsewhere on this page.<ref>This can be inferred from information provided in {{:Salter, H E 1913a}}, pp. 174, 178 (No. 269), 350-51, and the 'plan' of Oxford according to Wood shown elsewhere on this page.</ref> The property was owned by Balliol College, whose bursar noted details about leases, fines and rents in his Fine Book, begun about 1670. His entry on the property on part of which the Robin Hood was located must have been written some years after 1674 for the words "in 1674 (and so at the present)" to make sense (see Record cited below). His entries stop in 1686, when another hand takes over and the entries become less interesting and detailed.<ref>{{:Salter, H E 1913a}}, p. 339.</ref> While the record makes it clear that the sign of the Robin Hood, run by Robert Gardiner, was in business by 1674 and had gone out of business by 1686, it is not clear from the bursar's entry how long it had existed by the former date. As the buildings erected on this land were not quite finished on 3 June 1657, the tavern could hardly have opened much earlier. A lease dated 27 April 1676 lists 'Robert Gardiner' as 'victular',<ref>{{:Salter, H E 1913a}}, pp. 178-79 (Nos. 269-70).</ref> so the Robin Hood was evidently still in business at that time.
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== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
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Maps of Oxford, focused on Queen Street. The tavern is not indicated.
Maps of Oxford, focused on Queen Street. The tavern is not indicated.
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102346822#zoom=7&lat=668&lon=8906&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII (1887 (surveyed 1876)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102346822#zoom=7&lat=668&lon=8906&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII (1887 (surveyed 1876)]
* 'Plan of Oxford shewing the Position of the Ancient Halls &c. according to Wood', frontispiece in {{:Wood, Anthony 1889a}}, vol. I. Butcher Row indicated (detail reproduced on this page).
* 'Plan of Oxford shewing the Position of the Ancient Halls &c. according to Wood', frontispiece in {{:Wood, Anthony 1889a}}, vol. I. Butcher Row indicated (detail reproduced on this page)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101457960#zoom=6&lat=1355&lon=1802&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII.SE (1900 (rev. 1898)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101457960#zoom=6&lat=1355&lon=1802&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII.SE (1900 (rev. 1898)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=51.7519&lon=-1.2591&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII.SE (1900 (rev. 1898)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=51.7519&lon=-1.2591&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Oxfordshire'' XXXIII.SE (1900 (rev. 1898)] (georeferenced)
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=== Notes ===
== Notes ==
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The Robin Hood in 1674.
The broken line on Great Bayly Street (which extends left from the centre and was later renamed Queen Street) indicates the course of Buther Row on this detail from 'Plan of Oxford shewing the Position of the Ancient Halls &c. according to Wood' / Frontispiece in Wood, Anthony; Clark, Andrew, ed. Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661-6 (Oxford Historical Society, vols. 15, 17, 37) (Oxford, 1889-99), vol. I (click image to enlarge).
Queen Street 33-35. The Sign of the Robin Hood occupied part of the area now covered by the red-brick building (with the two shops) and the pavement in front of it / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-01.

The Sign of the Robin Hood was located in Butcher Row, which was later extended, widened and renamed first Great Bayly Street, then Queen Street. The tavern would have been located, at least in part, on the area covered by the pavement in front of the red-brick building (Queen Street 33-35) seen in the Google Street View photo shown elsewhere on this page.[1] The property was owned by Balliol College, whose bursar noted details about leases, fines and rents in his Fine Book, begun about 1670. His entry on the property on part of which the Robin Hood was located must have been written some years after 1674 for the words "in 1674 (and so at the present)" to make sense (see Record cited below). His entries stop in 1686, when another hand takes over and the entries become less interesting and detailed.[2] While the record makes it clear that the sign of the Robin Hood, run by Robert Gardiner, was in business by 1674 and had gone out of business by 1686, it is not clear from the bursar's entry how long it had existed by the former date. As the buildings erected on this land were not quite finished on 3 June 1657, the tavern could hardly have opened much earlier. A lease dated 27 April 1676 lists 'Robert Gardiner' as 'victular',[3] so the Robin Hood was evidently still in business at that time. Template:PnItemQry

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Maps of Oxford, focused on Queen Street. The tavern is not indicated.

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