Robin Hood Lane (Appley Bridge)

Locality
Coordinate	53.596233, -2.727709
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	Between Hill House Fold Lane and Sparrow Hill/Hall Lane (A5209)
Type	Thoroughfare
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1894

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Robin Hood Lane (Appley Bridge).

Robin Hood: The junction of Robin Hood Lane with High Moor Lane / David Dixon, 22 Feb. 2016, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

Robin Hood Lane just north of Appley Bridge runs between Hill House Fold Lane and Sparrow Hill/Hall Lane (A5209).

The earliest records of the name known to IRHB are the 6" and 25" O.S. maps published in 1894, based on surveys carried out in 1892-93, respectively 1892 (see Maps below).

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

• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1908; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.9 (1908; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1894; surveyed 1892)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.9 (1894; surveyed 1892)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1908; rev. 1907)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.9 (1908; rev. 1907)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.9 (1928; rev. 1926)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1928; rev. 1927)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV (1849; surveyed 1845-46)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1894; surveyed 1892-93)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.SW (1895; surveyed 1892)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1909; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1909; rev. 1907)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.SW (1909; rev. 1907)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1929; rev. 1927)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.SW (1929; rev. 1926)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1947; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.SW (1947; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.SW (1951; rev. 1938-48).

Also see

• Appley Bridge place-name cluster.

Image gallery

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  Robin Hood: The junction of Robin Hood Lane with High Moor Lane / David Dixon, 22 Feb. 2016, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood / Anthony Parkes, 15 Feb. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood: The end of High Moor Lane / Richard Webb, 2 Jul. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Junction of Moss Lane and Robin Hood Lane seen from Hill House Fold Lane / Chris Denny, 26 Apr. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood Lane / Google Earth Street View.

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