Eagle Barnsdale
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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-27. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-27.
A small Settlement about midway between Eagle and Morton, just east of the Nottingham and Lincoln line's tracks, in Lincolnshire's North Kesteven district, is named Barnsdale Eagle. It has lent its name to at least two localities in the vicinity: the Barnsdale Crossing (of the railway line) and the Barnsdale Farm. The earliest reference I have found so far is 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 that it is one of just four places named Barnsdale (there are also a small number of localities named after one or other of these). See Places named Barnsdale.
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.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVII.7 (1887; surveyed 1886)
- 25" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVII.7 (1905; surveyed 1904)
- 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVII.NE (1886; surveyed 1886)
- 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVII.NE (1906; rev. 1904)
- 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVII.NE (1906; rev. 1904) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVII.NE (c. 1933; rev. 1904)
- O.S. map Lincolnshire LXXVII.NE (1950; rev. 1948)
Background