Robinhood Close (Mitcham)

Locality
Coordinate	51.401169, -0.140617
Adm. div.	Surrey, now Greater London
Vicinity	Near Pollards Hill in Mitcham; leading southeast from Manor Road; in area bounded by Manor Road, Sherwood Park Road and Wide Way
Type	Thoroughfare
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1936?

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Robin Hood Close.

Looking northeast down Robin Hood Close / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-11-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

Robinhood Close in Mitcham is a residential street off Robin Hood Lane. I do not know how old the street or its name is, but the houses in Robinhood Close all seem to be of 20th century date.

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.

Background

• Wikipedia: Mitcham, London.

Also see

• Mitcham place-name cluster
• Robinhood place-names
• Places named Robin Hood's Close.

 Surrey place-names 

 London place-names 

 Place-names