Robin Hood Inn (Overseal)

Locality
Coordinate	52.735642, -1.565264
Adm. div.	Leicestershire
Vicinity	1 Burton Road, Overseal, Swadlincote
Type	Public house
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1842
A.k.a.	Ye Old Robin Hood; Robin Hood Hotel

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The Robin Hood Inn.

The Robin Hood public house, Overseal. pn Burton Road / J. Thomas, 27 June 2019; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-03-22.

The still thriving Robin Hood on 1 Burton Road in Overseal existed by 1842.

IRHB is not aware when the Robin Hood was established, but it is listed in trade directories at least as early as 1842 (and again in 1846, 1850, 1863 and 1877). In 1853 it was noted that its sign read:

Robin Hood is
Dead and gone:
Pray call, and drink
With Little John.

The earliest O.S. map of the area known to include the pub was published in 1884 (see Maps below). The village of Overseal, presently one of the southernmost settlements in Derbyshire, belonged to Leicestershire until 1897.

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

• Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VII, p. 283; and see pt. VII, pp. xxv, xxvi, for sources
• Kersley, T.H. 'Poetical Tavern Signs', Notes & Queries, Series 1, vol. VIII (1853), p. 627.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.14 (c. 1883; surveyed c. 1882). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.14 (1901; rev. 1900) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.14 (1901; rev. 1900)
• 25" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.14 (1923; rev. 1921)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.SW (1884; surveyed 1881–82)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.SW (1902; rev. 1900) (georeferenced).
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.SW (1902; rev. 1900)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.SW (1925; rev. 1920–21)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire LX.SW (c. 1948; rev. 1938).

Background

• Wikipedia: Overseal.

Also see

• Public houses named after Robin Hood.

Notes

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  The Robin Hood public house, Overseal, on Burton Road / J. Thomas, 27 June 2019; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Overseal Parish Church and Public House / Jonathan Clitheroe; 1 May 2011; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Sign for the Robin Hood public house, Overseal / J. Thomas, 27 June 2019; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The Robin Hood in the late 19th or early 20th century / Hall, R.B. Burton Road, Overseal (9-16) ([s.l.], [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 147 x 87 mm. HTN collection.

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