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  • |width=34%|enablefullscreen=yes}} Robin Hood Parking. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-21. Revised by … For some reason not easily surmised a parking lot on Tawney Street in Boston, Lincolnshire, is named after Europe's perennially most famous outlaw. The name would … Barrie 1976a|Dobson & Taylor, pp. 293-311. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.9 (1905; rev. 1903-1904) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.9 (1889; surveyed 1887-88) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.9 (1905; rev. 1903-1904). ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (1906; rev. 1903) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (1906; rev. 1903) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (c. 1947; rev. 1938) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (1951; rev. 1946). …
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  • In the photo shown below the steamer Robin Hood is picking up a passenger on the Lincolnshire shore of Rive Trent. I do not know the exact location, but the pointer indicates a stretch of the river on the Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire boundary. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-09-05. Revised by … Among … Purchased on eBay.com. shows the steamer taking on a lady passenger in Lincolnshire. The coordinates in the info box and on the map are those for the source of the river. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: River Trent ⁃ Wikipedia: Trent Navigation Company. Notes
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  • The site of the Robin Hood By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-04. Revised by … The Robin Hood on the corner of Albion and Garibaldi streets in Grimsby was in existence by 1871 and till at least as late as 1935. Pub Wiki lists informations on publicans etc. for 1871-1935. Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 138 Albion Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 138 Albion Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire XXII.7 (c. 1888; surveyed c. 1887). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire XXII.7 (1908; rev. 1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire XXII.7 (1908; rev. 1905–06) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire XXII.7 (1933; rev. 1931–32) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire XXII.NE (1908; rev. 1905–06) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire XXII.NE (1888; surveyed 1887) ⁃ 6" O.S. map …
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  • The Robin Hood where the Robin Hood Soul Club takes place. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-21. Revised by … The Robin Hood Soul Club is a recurrent event at the Robin Hood on High Street in Boston, Lincolnshire. Facebook: The Robin Hood Inn. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in … Sources ⁃ Facebook: The Robin Hood Inn. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.13 (1905; rev. 1903) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.13 (1905; rev. 1903) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.13 (1889; surveyed 1888) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (1906; rev. 1903) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (1906; rev. 1903) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (c. 1947; rev. 1938) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.SW (1951; rev. 1946). Notes 41948586_1812119855489839_747206902277996544_n.jpg|Facebook posting advertizing the Robin Hood Soul Club at the …
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  • The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The Robin Hood on High Street in Boston, Lincolnshire, was in existence by 1861. It evidently underwent a change of name in the not … be found at Pub History. Pub History: Robin Hood, 104 High street, Boston, Lincolnshire. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie … by Dave Hitchborne ⁃ Pub History: Robin Hood, 104 High street, Boston, Lincolnshire. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.13 (1905; rev. 1903) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.13 (1905; rev. 1903) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire CIX.13 (1889; surveyed 1888) ⁃ 6" O.S. map …
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  • Robin Hood Road. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-22. Revised by … Robin Hood Road is indicated on Google Maps Google Maps (Robin Hood Road indicated). and other modern maps but not found on the 6" O.S. maps from the period 1888 to 1951 listed below (see Maps section). In the late 19th century, a few clusters of houses on the west side of Alexandra Road, which runs parallel to Robin Hood Road, were known as Robin Hood Cottages. See Skegness place-name cluster. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps Robin Hood Road is not indicated on the 6" O.S. maps of the area online at NLS. ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1888; surveyed 1887) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1906; rev. 1904-1905) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1906; rev. 1904-1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (c. 1948; rev. 1938) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1951; rev. 1946) ⁃ …
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  • The site of the Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-04. Revised by … There was a public house named the Robin Hood at 42 (formerly 44) Sincil Street, Lincoln, by 1861 and to 1938 if not later. Pub Wiki lists information on publicans etc. for 1861-1905. Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 44 Sincil street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire and see there Pub Wiki: Lincoln Pub history listing and directory in 1901. … 293-311. Sources ⁃ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, 44 Sincil street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Also see there Pub Wiki: Lincoln Pub history listing and directory in 1901. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXX.7 (c. 1889; surveyed …
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  • Robin Hood Road. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-22. Revised by … Marian Road in Skegness, Lincolnshire, intersects Robin Hood Road and Alexandra Road. In the late 19th century, a … indicated on the 6" O.S. maps of the area online at NLS. ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1888; surveyed 1887) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1906; rev. 1904-1905) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1906; rev. 1904-1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map …
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  • The former Little John Arcade. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-16. Revised by … The Golden Palm Resort's amusement arcade on the west side of South Road in Chapel St Leonards used to be known as the Little John Arcade. The arcade, situated opposite a part of the Golden Palm Resort that was once named the Robin Hood Camp, lost its Robin Hood-themed name at some point before 2008. Flickr: Golden Palm Arcades, Chapel St Leonards; see second comment by David Birtles. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps Arcade not labelled or indicated on maps. ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (c. 1889; surveyed c. 1888). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (1906; rev. 1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (1906; rev. 1905) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.NE (1907; rev. 1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.NE (1888; surveyed 1888) ⁃ 6" O.S. …
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  • Former Robin Hood Cottages. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-22. Revised by … Includes information kindly provided by Carol. A few clusters of houses on the west side of Alexandra Road and immediately south of Wainfleet Road in Skegness are indicated as "Robin Hood Cottages" on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1888. 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXXIV.SE (1888; surveyed 1887). These were not summer cottages but regular town houses. A visitor to IRHB named Carol tells us that her great grandfather and his family lived in one of the Robin Hood Cottages for a number of years from c. 1901. Message via IRHB's form mail, 24 Apr. 2022. Already on the next revision of this map, published 1906, the name 'Robin Hood Cottages' has gone though the houses are still indicated. Sometime after 1946, when the latest of the 6" maps consulted was prepared (see Maps below), the next road parallel to, and east of, Alexandra Road was named 'Robin Hood Road' and a short road intersecting both …
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  • Site of Friar Tuck Shop, immediately S of entrance to Robin Hood Camp (now Golden Palm Resort. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-16. Revised by … On the south side of the entrance to the Robin Hood Camp – now the Golden Palm Resort – in Chapel St leonards was a Friar Tuck Shop from at least the 1950s to 1970s. The shop can be seen on the postcards from 1958 and the 1970s shown in the image gallery below. Immediately … 293-311. Maps Shop not labelled or indicated on maps. ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (c. 1889; surveyed c. 1888). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (1906; rev. 1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (1906; rev. 1905) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.NE (1907; rev. 1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.NE (1888; surveyed 1888) ⁃ …
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  • The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-11. Revised by … The first record I have found of the Robin Hood Pub in Spalding is the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1888. It is indicated there as "Robin Hood Inn". Lincolnshire CXLII.NW (1888; surveyed 1887). On three maps published 1906-c. 1931, but … in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CXLII.NW (1888; surveyed 1887) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CXLII.NW (1906; rev. 1903) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire CXLII.NW …
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  • The Robin Hood and Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The Robin Hood & Little John is an old pub and (more recently) restaurant. According to a previous incarnation of the pub's website it is 200 years old. It was in business by 1846. The pub is listed as 'Public House Robin Hood [with] Outbuildings and Yard' in the 1846 tithe award for Aslackby with John Taylor Marston as landowner, Joseph Seaton as occupier, no state of cultivation, and an area of 1 rood and 6 perches ( m 2 ). 1846 tithe award for Aslackby, online at the Genealogist, Piece 20, sub-piece 017, Image 017, #207 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 20, sub-piece 017, Sub-Image 001, #207 (£). The earliest map known to include the pub is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1888 (see Maps section below). Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources ⁃ 1846 tithe award for Aslackby, online at the …
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  • The former Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St Leonards. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-16. Revised by … On the east side of South Road in Chapel St Leonards is a Maid Marian Pub. It is situated a few metres south of the entrance to the Golden Palm Resort, which was formerly named the Robin Hood Camp. Maid Marian is included in Google Maps Street View imagery dated 2009 (see image gallery below) and looks so young that she can hardly be several decades older than this. The pub is situated opposite Club Tropicana which was formerly the Maid Marion Club. Immediately north-west of the pub once stood a wooden booth or shed that was home to the Friar Tuck Shop. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps Pub not labelled or indicated on maps. ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (c. 1889; surveyed c. 1888). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVI.7 (1906; rev. 1905) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire
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  • Club Tropicana, the former Maid Marion Club, Chapel St Leonards. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-16. Revised by … Club Tropicana, across the road from the Golden Palm Resort, formerly Robin Hood Camp, in Chapel St Leonards, used to be known as the Maid Marion Club. The change of name had happened by 2008. Flickr: Golden Palm Arcades, Chapel St Leonards; see second comment from David Birtles. For Clun Tropicana being the former Maid Marion Club, see TripAdvisor: Club Tropicana at chapel st leonards. A gentleman who stayed at the camp as a youngster in 1973 remembers how camp owner Roy Bradley would wake up people with announcements such as "Robin Hood Camp! Maid Marrion Club! We will be playing bingo at the club this afternoon, followed by a talent competition!". [ /wiki/archive/robin-hood-camp-(chapel-st-leonards).zip Yorkshire Post: 'Pete McKee: Celebrating the summers that felt like an eternity with new exhibition', by Lindsay Pantry (25 Mar. 2016)] (zipped archive; …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-27. Revised by … There is a substantial number of postcards with photos or artwork depicting localities named after or otherwise related to Robin Hood. Only a few out of a collection of some 500 topographical postcards have currently been uploaded to IRHB. These are nearly all found on pages in the place-names or festivals sections. Images of postcards are included on the pages listed below, either in galleries or as single … is used, including IRHB's bibliographical entry of the postcard. England postcards of specific localities in England organized by historic county. Berkshire Derbyshire Essex Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire London Middlesex North Riding …
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  • Plumpton Park, Stow By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2023-05-18. Revised by … In the Gest, King Edward is exasperated at noticing the scarcity of deer in Plumpton Park after Robin and his men have been poaching there during their stay with the knight. We should almost certainly take this to be in Lancashire, but it could just possibly be some place King Edward is meant to have visited after his progress in Lancashire. As Lincolnshire is a neighbouring county it is conceivable, though not likely, that a Plumpton Park in that county may have been intended. Two plots of land in Stow (c. 12 km NW of Lincoln), were known as Plumpton Park in 1839. The northernmost of these, the topic of this entry, was situated between the remnants of the moat in Stow Park and Stow Park Road, c. 90 m SW of St Mary's Church. The 1839 tithe award for the parish of 'Stowe' lists William Hall, Esquire, as landowner and Robert Burnham as occupier. 'Plumpton Park' is listed under 'Name and description of lands …
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  • Plumpton Park, Stow By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2023-05-18. Revised by … In the Gest, King Edward is exasperated at noticing the scarcity of deer in Plumpton Park after Robin and his men have been poaching there during their stay with the knight. We should almost certainly take this to be in Lancashire, but it could just possibly be some place King Edward is meant to have visited after his progress in Lancashire. As Lincolnshire is a neighbouring county it is conceivable, though not likely, that a Plumpton Park in that county may have been intended. Two plots of land in Stow (c. 12 km NW of Lincoln), were known as Plumpton Park in 1839. The southernmost of these, the topic of this entry, was situated c. 125 m S of St Mary's Church, west of Sturton Road, in the wooded area west of the gardens, east of the field. The 1839 tithe award for the parish of 'Stowe' lists George Archer Bellwood as landowner and Thomas Page as occupier. 'Plumpton Parke' is listed under 'Name and …
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  • Barnesdales, Sixhills. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2023-05-18. Revised by … Two contiguous plots of land south of Sixhills (c. 21 km NE of Lincoln), are listed as 'Barnesdales' in the 1847 tithe award for Sixhills. The plots, which can still easily be located by comparing the tith map and the modern Google satellite image, are situated c. 360 m W of Sixhills Road/School Lane, halfway between Sixhills and Hainton. They were then owned by George Fieschi Heneage, Esquire, and occupied by William Neave. The northernmost and largest, No. 106 in the tithe schedule, had an area of 26 acres, 3 roods and 11 perches ( m 2 ), and its state of cultivation is listed as 'Meadow'. The southernmost and smaller, No. 105 in the schedule, had an area of 8 acres, 3 roods and 10 perches ( m 2 ), and its state of cultivation is listed as 'Pasture'. Tithe award for the parish of Stowe (1847) (Piece 20, Sub-Piece 288, Image 010, #105-106 – at The Genealogist) (£); Tithe map for the parish of …
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  • 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 …
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