Robin Hood Camp (Chapel St Leonards)

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The former Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St Leonards

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St. Leonards (?1970s) / Photo Precision Ltd. Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St. Leonards (R102) ([s.l.], [c. 1970]). Photo­graphic post­card (col.). 139 x 89 mm.; private collection.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-16.

Within the civil parish of Chapel St Leonards in the east Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, immediately south of the village of Chapel St Leonards itself, lie several caravan holiday parks, one of which used to be the Robin Hood Camp. Now trading as Golden Palm Park, it lies less than 500 m from the sea.

Located at the former Trunch Lane, Robin Hood seems to have morphed into a Golden Palm by 2006. While the latter straddles South Road, Robin Hood Camp was located on the east side of it (compare the second and fourth photo in the image gallery below). The first image in the gallery shows a used postcard which a vendor dated 1958. For want of more precise data this will have to serve a the date of first record. While 'Robin Hood Camp' is no longer the official name of the resort, the Robin Hood-themed name is still in use. For statistrical purposes the name is therefore (reluctantly) considered extant.

For shops and clubs with Robin Hood-themed names in and adjacent to the camp, see Chapel St Leonards place-name cluster.Template:PnItemQry

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.

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Background

• Flickr: Golden Palm Arcades, Chapel St Leonards
• Golden Palm Resort
• UK Caravan Rental: Caravan for hire at Robin Hood (Golden Palm) Leisure Park
• Wikipedia: Chapel St Leonards
• Yorkshire Post: 'Pete McKee: Celebrating the summers that felt like an eternity with new exhibition', by Lindsay Pantry (25 Mar. 2016) (zipped archive; original no longer online).

Notes

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  Robin Hood Camp / Postcard dated c. 1958, from now defunct site lincolnshirepostcards.co.uk.

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  Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St. Leonards (?1970s) / Photo Precision Ltd. Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St. Leonards (R102) ([s.l.], [c. 1970]). Photo­graphic post­card (col.). 139 x 89 mm.; private collection.

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  Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St. Leonards (c. 1973) / Photo Precision Ltd. Robin Hood Camp, Chapel St. Leonards (R101) ([s.l.], [c. 1973]). Multi­view photo­graphic post­card (col.). 139 x 89 mm.; private collection.

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  Present Golden Palm Resort, former Robin Hood Camp, east side of South Road / Google Earth Street View.

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  Present Golden Palm Resort, west side of South Road, opposite former entrance to Robin Hood Camp / Google Earth Street View.

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