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Robin Hood Bridge By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by … Dobson & Taylor note that "there are a Robin Hood House and a Robin Hood Bridge in the vicinity" of Robin Hood Hill, west of Outwood. Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 309, s.n. "Robin Hood Hill". All three localities are indicated on the 1894 O.S. 6" map of the area. O.S. 6" map Sheet CCXXXIII.SW (1894).; Robin Hood Bridge, Hill and House to the right. While the name Robin Hood Bridge is still in use, I have no recent evidence for the House and Hill. Robin Hood Bridge is the name of the bridge that takes Potovens Lane over the Doncaster and Leeds Line (formerly the West Yorkshire Railway). The bridge is not found on the 1854 O.S. 6" map of the area and so evidently was built sometime during the next 40 years. See further Robin Hood Hill (Outwood) and Robin Hood Street Close (Outwood). Gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 309, s.n. "Robin Hood Hill". Sources ⁃ The New Abc Railway …

Eagle Barnsdale. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-27. Revised by … A small Settlement about midway between Eagle and Morton, just east of the London North East (formerly Nottingham & Lincoln) line's tracks, in Lincolnshire's North Kesteven district, is named Eagle Barnsdale. It has lent the second part of its name to at least two localities in the vicinity: the Barnsdale Crossing (of the railway line) and the Barnsdale Farm. The earliest reference known to IRHB so far is a census return from 1841, National Archives: Wapentake: Aswardhurn Parish: Evedon. Wapentake: Aswardhurn Parish: Ewerby; Hamlet:..; [also see National Archives: Registration District: 428. LINCOLN (Street Indexed). Registration Sub-District: 1.. (1851), and National Archives: Eagle and Barnsdale between Thorpe-on-the-Hill and Swinderby, Lincs, accident reports. the earliest map a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1886 (see maps listed below). The place has no further interest in our connection than …