Kirklees Street (Tottington): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinate	53.615145, -2.337113
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	Leading east from Market Street, Tottington
Type	Thoroughfare
Interest	Miscellaneous
Status	Extant
First Record	1889
A.k.a.	Sandy Lane

Revision as of 23:03, 28 January 2021

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Kirklees Street, Tottington.

Kirklees Street, Tottington / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-28.

In the mid-19th century, Kirklees Street was named Sandy Lane, but by 1889 it had acquired its present name. It extends about 700 m east from Market Street, Tottington, to a locality formerly (or still?) known as Kirklees. Its connection with Robin Hood is indirect. In view of Kirklees Priory, some 40 km to the east, being the alleged scene of Robin Hood's death and the site where he is allegedly buried, it seems likely that the name 'Kirklees Street' and the name of the locality to which it led, together with those of the Robin Hood and the long-defunct Robin Hood Brewery, helped inspire that of Sherwood Close, a side street on the north side of Kirklees Street.

The earliest sources for the name are the 25" and 6" O.S. maps of the area, dating from 1889 on, which are listed below. See further the page on Kirklees (Tottington).

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

Also see

Tottington place-name cluster.

Lancashire place-names

Place-names

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-In the mid-19th century, Kirklees Street was named Sandy Lane, but by 1889 it had acquired its present name. It extends about 700 m east from Market Street, Tottington, to a locality formerly (or still?) known as Kirklees. Its connection with Robin Hood is indirect. It seems likely that the street name and the name of the locality to which it led, together with those of the [[Robin Hood (Tottington)|Robin Hood]] and the long-defunct [[Robin Hood Brewery (Tottington)|Robin Hood Brewery]], helped inspire that of [[Sherwood Close (Tottington)|Sherwood Close]], a side street on the north side of Kirklees Street.
+In the mid-19th century, Kirklees Street was named Sandy Lane, but by 1889 it had acquired its present name. It extends about 700 m east from Market Street, Tottington, to a locality formerly (or still?) known as Kirklees. Its connection with Robin Hood is indirect. In view of Kirklees Priory, some 40 km to the east, being the alleged scene of Robin Hood's death and the site where he is allegedly buried, it seems likely that the name 'Kirklees Street' and the name of the locality to which it led, together with those of the [[Robin Hood (Tottington)|Robin Hood]] and the long-defunct [[Robin Hood Brewery (Tottington)|Robin Hood Brewery]], helped inspire that of [[Sherwood Close (Tottington)|Sherwood Close]], a side street on the north side of Kirklees Street.
 The earliest sources for the name are the 25" and 6" O.S. maps of the area, dating from 1889 on, which are listed below. See further the page on [[Kirklees (Tottington)]].