Marion Crescent (St Mary Cray)
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 51.389792, 0.106144 |
| Adm. div. | Kent, now Greater London |
| Vicinity | Between Cray Valley and Poverest roads |
| Type | Thoroughfare |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | 1947 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-25. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Marion Crescent runs between Powerest and Cray Valley roads, a little northeast of an area that was once wooded and known as Robin Hood Shaw but is now full of residential streets with Robin Hood-related names. Given its proximity to these it is natural to assume that Marion is Lady Marion, Maid Marian in her more refined incarnation. In the immediate vicinity of Marion Crescent we find Hood Avenue and May Avenue. Marion Crescent is shown but not labelled on maps from the post-WWII period, so most likely the name dates from the second half of the 20th century.
See further the place-names listed on the page on the St Mary Cray place-name cluster.
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
John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. Bartholomew's Reference Atlas of Greater London, Covering the Whole Metropolitan Police Area, with Larger Scale Maps For Central London and Index For Quick Location of Over 62,000 Names (Edinburgh, 1968), 118E (Marion Crescent shown and labelled)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (c. 1868; surveyed 1867). No copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1896; rev. 1895) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1896; rev. 1895) (Marion Crescent not shown) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1908; rev. 1907) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1932; rev. 1930-31) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1947; rev. 1937-38) (Marion Crescent shown and labelled)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI (1871; surveyed 1862-68) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (1898; rev. 1895) (Marion Crescent not shown) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (1898; rev. 1895) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (1910; rev. 1907-1908) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 6" O.S. map London Sheet T (1919; rev. 1914) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (c. 1938; rev. 1930-1931) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (c. 1944; rev. 1938) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (c. 1945; rev. c. 1938) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 6" O.S. map London Sheet T (c. 1946; rev. 1938) (only partly revised) (Marion Crescent not shown)
- 1:25,000 map TQ46 (1957)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Hills) (1896) (Marion Crescent shown, not labelled)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Outline) (1896) (Marion Crescent shown, not labelled)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1946) (Marion Crescent shown, not labelled)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1961) (Marion Crescent shown, not labelled).
Background
Also see