James Connor was the owner of the Robin Hood Inn in 1891, a licensed beer house of which he ran as a free house without brewery tie. The annual rateable value in 1891 was £15.5s.0d. which had increased by fifteen shillings to £16.0s.0d. in 1903. By the beginning of the 20th century the Robin Hood had been purchased by Flowers & Sons of Stratford of Avon. Numbered 21 St. James Street in 1926 town directory
Cheltenham Examiner, Wednesday 22nd October 1873 – To be sold at auction: by James Villar at the Eight Bells Inn, Cheltenham, on Friday next, the 24th day of October 1873, punctually at four o’clock in the afternoon. LOT 1 – A freehold and free public house with grocer’s shop, situate in St. James’s Street, Upper High Street, Cheltenham and called “The Robin Hood”, now in the occupation of Mr Perrott, as yearly tenant.
Gloucestershire Echo, 10th March 1927 “the house was frequented by young fellows and girls from all parts of the town and was not used so much by the people of the street. The tenant Lionel Davies disagreed stating that during the week his chief customers were residents of the street, and had 45 regular customers… The house did a substantial trade of 130 barrels a year of beer and cider.”
Gloucestershire Echo, Thursday 7th February 1929 – Chas C. Castle will offer by auction at the Lamb Hotel, Cheltenham, on Thursday February 14th, 1929, at 4 p.m. LOT 3. By order of the owners: The house until recently known as The Robin Hood, St. James Street, Cheltenham. Possession on completion.
Landlords at the Robin Hood Inn include:
1853 Thomas Rawlings ‘charged with keeping his house open for the sale of beer during the hours of divine service on the morning of October 9th. Fined 17s. 6d, including expenses’
1870,1891 William Perrott
1903 Daniel Larner
1926 Lionel Davis