Maid Marion (Little John Lakes, New Ollerton)

Locality
Coordinate	53.206126, -1.017853
Adm. div.	Nottinghamshire
Vicinity	By River Maun, immediately W of Maida Lane
Type	Establishment
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	c. 2006

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Maid Marion, Little John Lakes, New Ollerton

At Little John Lakes / Bag Up TV (Youtube).

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-22. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-13.

'Maid Marion' is the name of one of three artificial fishing lakes known collectively as 'Little John Lakes' by River Maun on the west side of Maida Lane in Ollerton. The other lakes are named Robin Hood and Friar Tuck. Little John Lakes opened in 2006, but it is not clear if all three lakes had been established by that time.

For statistical purposes the lakes have been categorized as 'Natural feature', which is paradoxically the best fit given the categories in use at IRHB.

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.

Sources

• Anonymous. 'No Shortage of Places to Fish: the Nottingham and Erewash Canals are Alive', Nottingham Post (2012-04-26)
• Facebook: Little John Lakes
• Little John Lakes.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.14 (c. 1885; surveyed c. 1884). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.14 (c. 1899; rev. c. 1897-98). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.14 (1920; rev. 1915)
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.13 (1920; rev. 1915) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.14 (1945; rev. 1938).
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.SW (1884; surveyed 1882)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.SW (1900; rev. 1897-99)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.SW (1900; rev. 1897-99) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.SW (1921; rev. 1915).

Background

• Anonymous. 'Little John Lakes, New Ollerton, Notts (Angling Times, 2016-05-31)
• Drennan: Little John Lakes
• Youtube: BagUpTV: Little John Lakes – Maid Marion. Viewable on this page.

Also see

• Little John Lakes (New Ollerton) place-name cluster
• New Ollerton place-name cluster
• Places named after Maid Marian.

Notes

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  Maid Marian / Youtube:Still from BagUpTV.

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  On Google Earth satellite photos online as of 21 May 2018, only Maid Marion had been completed / Google Earth.

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  Maid Marion in all her splendour / Google Earth.

 Nottinghamshire place-names 

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