Robin Hood (Upminster)

Locality
Coordinate	51.5478, 0.2362
Adm. div.	Essex, now Greater London
Vicinity	SE side of Little Gaynes Lane in Hacton, Upminster
Type	Area
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct?
First Record	1842

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Robin Hood (Upminster).

Robin Hood (red outline) and its smaller neighbour, Little John's Mead (yellow outline) / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-12.

The 1842 tithe award for Upminster lists 'Robin Hood' as the name of a close on the southeast side of Little Gaynes Lane in Hacton, Upminster. Its owner is listed as Thomas Agar, occupier as Henry Jostin, area as 9 acres, 3 roods and 6 perches (39608.61 m²). Immediately west of Robin Hood was Little John's Mead.

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.

MS sources

• Tithe award for Upminster, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 356, Image 006 (£)
• Accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 356, Sub-Image 001 (£).

Printed sources

• Waller, William Chapman, compil. 'Essex Field Names: Part II.—The Hundreds of Beacontree, Chafford, and Barstable, with the Liberty of Havering', Transactions of the Essex Archæological Society, New Series, vol. VI (1898), pp. 60-84; see pp. 62, 79.

Maps

'Robin Hood' not labelled.

• 25" O.S. map Essex LXXV.5 (1897; rev. 1895)
• 25" O.S. map Essex LXXV.5 (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex LXXV.NW (1898; rev. 1895)
• 6" O.S. map Essex LXXV.NW (1898; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXXXVII.NE (1921; rev. 1915)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXXXVII.NE (c. 1945; rev. 1938)
• 1:25,000 O.S. map TQ58 (1959; surveyed 1938-55) (georeferenced)
• 1:1 million–1:10k (1900s) (georeferenced).

Background

• Wikipedia: Upminster.

Also see

• Hacton place-name cluster
• Places named Robin Hood's Close.

Notes

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  Robin Hood (red outline) and its smaller neighbour, Little John's Mead (yellow outline) / Google Earth Street View.

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  Looking SE at the NW end of Robin Hood from Little Gaynes Lane.

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