Robin Hood Gate (Richmond Park)
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 51.436358, -0.256332 |
Adm. div. | Surrey, now Greater London |
Vicinity | Leading into Richmond Park from the A308 |
Type | Thoroughfare |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1873 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-24.
Robin Hood Gate into Richmond Park by the A308 has a long history, but the earliest reference known to IRHB as of this moment is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1873.
Access to Richmond Park through Robin Hood Gate is allowed for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, but motor vehicles are no longer allowed. A black plate on the left of the gate lists distances to the other gates in the park.[1]
Gazetteers
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Middlesex XXI (1873; surveyed 1865-66)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII (1874; surveyed 1865)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1920; rev. 1911)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1933; rev. 1911)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1936; rev. 1932-33)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1944; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1946; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map London X.SW (1894-96; rev. 1893-95)
- 25" O.S. map London (1869; surveyed 1865-67)
- 25" O.S. map Surrey VII.9 (1897; rev. 1894) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map London (1915- Numbered sheets) VIII.14 (1916; rev. 1913) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map London (1916; rev. 1913).
Brief mention
- Anderson, Alan B. 'Records of the Turnpike Trust', Notes & Queries, vol. CLXXXIII (1942), pp. 56-57; see p. 57: notes in discussion of 'mounting blocks or upping stones for horsemen' that 'I believe there is, or was, at least one specimen combining milestone with mounting-block, but am uncertain where, though I rather think it was a rhymed milestone that stood on the old Portsmouth Road near the Robin Hood entrance to Richmond Park at Kingston Yale'.
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Robin Hood Gate / Nigel Cox, 30 Jan. 2008; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Sign at Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / N. Chadwick, 7 May 2011; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / N. Chadwick, 7 May 2011; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Richmond Park from Robin Hood Gate / Robin Webster, 22 Apr. 2012; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
The old road entrance to Robin Hood Gate / David Howard, 22 Jun. 2015; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Edwardian gates, Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / Jim Osley, 7 Apr. 2011; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Near Robin Hood Gate / Derek Harper, 1 Aug. 2009; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Cycling through Robin Hood Gate / Stephen Craven, 26 Apr. 2009; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / John Slater, 14 Feb. 2017; Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Richmond Park: Robin Hood Gate / Dr Neil CLifton, 23 Jun. 2013; Creative Commons, via Geograph.