Robin Hood (Brighouse)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.698982, -1.764923 |
Adm. div. | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Vicinity | 16 Wakefield Road, Brighouse |
Type | Public house |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1893 |
Approcimate location of the Robin Hood.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
J. Horsfall Turner in 1893 mentioned a public house near Little John Mill and Robin Hood Mill "where 'If Robin Hood be not at home, | Come take a glass (gingerbeer) with Little John.'"[1] These lines may well have referred to the pub at No. 16.
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.
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