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Robin Hood Gate into Richmond Park by the A308 has a long history, but the earliest reference I have as of this moment is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1873 (see Maps section below).{{#ask:[[Category:Records ({{#ifeq:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}||{{PAGENAME}}|{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|0| {{#expr:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}-1}} }},{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|{{#expr:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}-1}}|1}}{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|{{#expr:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}+1}}}}}}]]| format=embedded|embedformat=h4|columns=1|limit=1000|sort=Utitle|intro=<h3>Records</h3>}}{{#ask:[[Category:Allusions ({{#ifeq:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}||{{PAGENAME}}|{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|0| {{#expr:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}-1}} }},{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|{{#expr:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}-1}}|1}}{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|{{#expr:{{#pos:{{PAGENAME}}|(|}}+1}}}}}}]]| format=embedded|embedformat=h4|columns=1|limit=1000|sort=Utitle|intro=<h3>Allusions</h3>}}
Robin Hood Gate into Richmond Park by the A308 has a long history, but the earliest reference known to IRHB as of this moment is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1873.
 
Access to Richmond Park through Robin Hood Gate is allowed for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, but motor vehicles are no longer allowed. A black plate on the left of the gate lists distances to the other gates in the park.<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/676184 Geograph: TQ2172 : Richmond Park: Robin Hood Gate]; [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2575565 Geograph: TQ2172 : Sign at Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park.]</ref>{{PlaceNamesItemAllusionsAndRecords}}
== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 304.
 
== Maps ==
== Maps ==
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102345976#zoom=6&lat=908&lon=5084&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Middlesex'' XXI (1873; surveyed 1865-66)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102345976#zoom=6&lat=908&lon=5084&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Middlesex'' XXI (1873; surveyed 1865-66)]
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101436457#zoom=5&lat=5916&lon=3709&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Surrey'' VII.SW (1936; rev. 1932-33)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101436457#zoom=5&lat=5916&lon=3709&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Surrey'' VII.SW (1936; rev. 1932-33)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101725190#zoom=6&lat=6015&lon=3748&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Surrey'' VII.SW (''c.'' 1944; rev. 1938)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101725190#zoom=6&lat=6015&lon=3748&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Surrey'' VII.SW (''c.'' 1944; rev. 1938)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101436454#zoom=6&lat=6007&lon=3684&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Surrey'' VII.SW (''c.'' 1946; rev. 1938).]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101436454#zoom=6&lat=6007&lon=3684&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Surrey'' VII.SW (''c.'' 1946; rev. 1938)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/96805044#zoom=6&lat=1312&lon=5201&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''London'' X.SW (1894-96; rev. 1893-95)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/96805044#zoom=6&lat=1312&lon=5201&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''London'' X.SW (1894-96; rev. 1893-95)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/103313150#zoom=5&lat=1299&lon=4505&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''London (1869; surveyed 1865-67)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.4365&lon=-0.2575&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Surrey'' VII.9 (1897; rev. 1894)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.4373&lon=-0.2582&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''London'' (1915- Numbered sheets) VIII.14 (1916; rev. 1913)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/103313375#zoom=4&lat=1468&lon=3987&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''London (1916; rev. 1913).]
== Brief mention ==
* {{:Anderson, Alan B 1942a}}; see p. 57: notes in discussion of 'mounting blocks or upping stones for horsemen' that 'I believe there is, or was, at least one specimen combining milestone with mounting-block, but am uncertain where, though I rather think it was a rhymed milestone that stood on the old Portsmouth Road near the Robin Hood entrance to Richmond Park at Kingston Yale'.
== Background ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Park Richmond Park.]
== Notes ==
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robin-hood-gate-kingston-vale-google-earth-street-view.jpg|Robin Hood Gate / Google Earth Street View.
geograph-676184-by-Nigel-Cox.jpg|Robin Hood Gate / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/676184 Nigel Cox, 30 Jan. 2008; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-2575565-by-N-Chadwick.jpg|Sign at Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2575565 N. Chadwick, 7 May 2011; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-2575561-by-N-Chadwick.jpg|Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2575561 N. Chadwick, 7 May 2011; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-3811706-by-Robin-Webster.jpg|Richmond Park from Robin Hood Gate / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3811706 Robin Webster, 22 Apr. 2012; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-4535742-by-David-Howard.jpg|The old road entrance to Robin Hood Gate / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4535742 David Howard, 22 Jun. 2015; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-2347278-by-Jim-Osley.jpg|Edwardian gates, Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2347278 Jim Osley, 7 Apr. 2011; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-1453983-by-Derek-Harper.jpg|Near Robin Hood Gate / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1453983 Derek Harper, 1 Aug. 2009; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-1273818-by-Stephen-Craven.jpg|Cycling through Robin Hood Gate / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1273818 Stephen Craven, 26 Apr. 2009; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-5283506-by-John-Slater.jpg|Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5283506 John Slater, 14 Feb. 2017; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
geograph-3524852-by-Dr-Neil-Clifton.jpg|Richmond Park: Robin Hood Gate / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3524852 Dr Neil CLifton, 23 Jun. 2013; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 24 April 2022

Locality
Coordinate 51.436358, -0.256332
Adm. div. Surrey, now Greater London
Vicinity Leading into Richmond Park from the A308
Type Thoroughfare
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Extant
First Record 1873
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Robin Hood Gate (Richmond Park).
Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park / John Slater, 14 Feb. 2017; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-24.

Robin Hood Gate into Richmond Park by the A308 has a long history, but the earliest reference known to IRHB as of this moment is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1873.

Access to Richmond Park through Robin Hood Gate is allowed for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, but motor vehicles are no longer allowed. A black plate on the left of the gate lists distances to the other gates in the park.[1]

Gazetteers

Maps

Brief mention

Background

Notes

  1. ↑ Geograph: TQ2172 : Richmond Park: Robin Hood Gate; Geograph: TQ2172 : Sign at Robin Hood Gate, Richmond Park.

Also see


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