Robin Hood Roundabout (Newbury)

Locality
Coordinate	51.40676, -1.317364
Adm. div.	Berkshire
Vicinity	At intersection of A339, London Road, A4, and Shaw Road, in Newbury
Type	Thoroughfare
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1966

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The Robin Hood Roundabout

Robin Hood Roundabout / Colin Pyle, Creative Commons via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-04-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-13.

The Robin Hood Roundabout at the intersection of the A339 (formerly A34), London Road, the A4, and Shaw Road, in Newbury, was built in 1966.

The roundabout was altered in 1977, but apparently further alterations were required already in the 1980s. No doubt the roundabout was named after its neighbour, the Robin Hood.

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

• Newbury History: Timeline of Newbury
• Sabre: Robin Hood Roundabout (Newbury).

Maps

Maps of the area, all older than the roundabout.

• 25" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.13 (c. 1880, surveyed 1878). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.13 (1900, rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.13 (1900; rev. 1898)
• 25" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.13 (1911; rev. 1910)
• 25" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.13 (1933; rev. 1932)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV (1883; surveyed 1877-1878)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.SW (1900, rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.SW (1900; rev. 1898)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.SW (1913; rev. 1910)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.SW (c. 1933; rev. 1932)
• 6" O.S. map Berkshire XXXV.SW (c. 1944; rev. 1938).

Also see

• Newbury place-name cluster.

Notes

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  Robin Hood Roundabout / Julian Tubb, 7 Nov. 2007; Creative Commons via Geograph.

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  The notorious Robin Hood Roundabout / Stuart Logan, 23 Sep. 2011; Creative Commons via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood Roundabout / Colin Pyle, 10 Aug. 2012; Creative Commons via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood Roundabout / David Dixon, 17 July 2014; Creative Commons via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood Roundabout / N. Chadwick, 1 Oct. 2015; Creative Commons via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood Roundabout / David Howard, 24 Apr. 2016; Creative Commons via Geograph.

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