Robin Hood Junction (Forest of Dean): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinate	51.804184, -2.637713
Adm. div.	Gloucestershire
Vicinity	Junction of the A4136 and B4228, c. 1.2 km NW of Coleford
Type	Thoroughfare
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record

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Robin Hood Junction, Forest of Dean

Looking roughly south at the Robin Hood Junction, Forest of Dean / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-13.

The junction of the A4136 and B4228 in the Forest of Dean, north of Coleford, is known as the Robin Hood Junction.

The junction is mentioned several times in a 2017 neighbourhood development plan.^[1] The earliest online source revealed by a somewhat cursory search is a news item in a local newspaper from 2010.^[2] An entry on the website of the Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts notes that

The junction was originally a sharp fork slightly to the north west of its current location but was re-modeled in the 1990s to the layout we see today. The original junction can be clearly seen on satellite images and on the B4228 approaching the A4136 as a gap in the trees. Part time traffic lights control the junction.

It is not known to IRHB how long the junction has been named after the outlaw. However, there can be little doubt that the name was inspired by that of the Robin Hood Mine Pit, an abandoned mine in the immediate vicinity last worked during WWII.

Gazetteers

Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.

Sources

Maps

25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (c. 1882; surveyed 1880). (No copy in NLS)
25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1895; surveyed 1879-80)
25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1902; rev. 1900)
25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900) (georeferenced)
25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900)
25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1922; rev. 1920)
6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1884; surveyed 1878-80)
6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900) (georeferenced)
6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)
6" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.NW (1903; rev. 1900)
6" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV (1924; rev. 1918)
6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21).

Also see

Forest of Dean place-name cluster.

Notes

Image gallery

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Looking roughly south at the Robin Hood Junction, Forest of Dean / Google Earth Street View.
Looking northwest at the Robin Hood Junction, Forest of Dean / Google Earth Street View.
Looking southeast at the Robin Hood Junction, Forest of Dean / Google Earth Street View.

Gloucestershire place-names

Place-names

[1] Forest of Dean District Council. Coleford Neighbourhood Development Plan: Appendices. A1: Town Centre and Conservation Area ([Coleford], 2017), pp. 79, 81, 93, 94, 95.

[2] Abbs, Beverley. 'Puzzlewood, Coleford, Forest of Dean', Malvern Gazette (2010-06-07), p. ?

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 <blockquote>The junction was originally a sharp fork slightly to the north west of its current location but was re-modeled in the 1990s to the layout we see today. The original junction can be clearly seen on satellite images and on the B4228 approaching the A4136 as a gap in the trees. Part time traffic lights control the junction.</blockquote>
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+It is not known to IRHB how long the junction has been named after the outlaw. However, there can be little doubt that the name was inspired by that of the [[Robin Hood Iron Mine (Forest of Dean)|Robin Hood Mine Pit]], an abandoned mine in the immediate vicinity last worked during WWII.{{PlaceNamesItemAllusionsAndRecords}}
 == Gazetteers ==
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-* 25" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.2 (''c.'' 1882; surveyed 1880). (No Copy in NLS)]
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 * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725256#zoom=4&lat=3874&lon=13707&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1895; surveyed 1879-80)]
 * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725259#zoom=4&lat=3840&lon=12879&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1902; rev. 1900)]
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 * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725262#zoom=5&lat=3746&lon=12947&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1922; rev. 1920)]
 * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101453349#zoom=4&lat=1862&lon=3873&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1884; surveyed 1878-80)]
-* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.8039&lon=-2.6447&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)] (georeferenced).
+* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.8039&lon=-2.6447&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)] (georeferenced)
 * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101453346#zoom=4&lat=1938&lon=3696&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)]
 * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102186154#zoom=4&lat=4479&lon=6883&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.NW (1903; rev. 1900)]
 * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102346004#zoom=5&lat=9001&lon=6844&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV (1924; rev. 1918)]
-* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102342785#zoom=5&lat=1928&lon=10813&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21)]
+* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102342785#zoom=5&lat=1928&lon=10813&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21).]
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