Robin Hood Road (St Mary Cray): Difference between revisions
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/103676717#zoom=4&lat=2307&lon=6090&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.3 (1908; rev. 1907)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/103676717#zoom=4&lat=2307&lon=6090&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.3 (1908; rev. 1907)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/103676714#zoom=4&lat=2207&lon=5478&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.3 (1932; rev. 1930-31)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/103676714#zoom=4&lat=2207&lon=5478&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.3 (1932; rev. 1930-31)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/103676711#zoom=5&lat= | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/103676711#zoom=5&lat=1608&lon=5540&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.3 (1947; rev. 1937-38)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102343480#zoom=6&lat=7742&lon=8755&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI (1871; surveyed 1862-68)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102343480#zoom=6&lat=7742&lon=8755&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI (1871; surveyed 1862-68)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.3891&lon=0.0975&layers=6&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.NE (1898; rev. 1895)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) (georeferenced) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.3891&lon=0.0975&layers=6&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.NE (1898; rev. 1895)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) (georeferenced) | ||
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101428371#zoom=5&lat=3691&lon=2125&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.NE (''c.'' 1945; rev. ''c.'' 1938)] (Robin Hood Road shown and labelled) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101428371#zoom=5&lat=3691&lon=2125&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Kent'' XVI.NE (''c.'' 1945; rev. ''c.'' 1938)] (Robin Hood Road shown and labelled) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102345909#zoom=5&lat=3224&lon=13337&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''London'' Sheet T (''c.'' 1946; rev. 1938)] (only partly revised) (Robin Hood Road not shown) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102345909#zoom=5&lat=3224&lon=13337&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''London'' Sheet T (''c.'' 1946; rev. 1938)] (only partly revised) (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/95750252#zoom=5&lat=6053&lon=4632&layers=BT 1:25,000 map TQ46 (1957)] (Robin Hood Road shown | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/95750252#zoom=5&lat=6053&lon=4632&layers=BT 1:25,000 map TQ46 (1957)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168705#zoom=5&lat=4273&lon=3597&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Hills) (1896)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168705#zoom=5&lat=4273&lon=3597&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Hills) (1896)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168708#zoom=6&lat=4578&lon=4469&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Outline) (1896)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168708#zoom=6&lat=4578&lon=4469&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Outline) (1896)] (Robin Hood Road not shown) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74466970#zoom=6&lat=9981&lon=3854&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1946)] (Robin Hood Road shown, not labelled) | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74466970#zoom=6&lat=9981&lon=3854&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1946)] (Robin Hood Road shown, not labelled) | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/91577484#zoom=6&lat=10141&lon=3633&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1961)] (Robin Hood Road shown | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/91577484#zoom=6&lat=10141&lon=3633&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1961)] (Robin Hood Road not shown). | ||
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Revision as of 02:28, 26 December 2017
Robin Hood Road.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood Road / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-25. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-26.
Robin Hood Road is one of a dozen residential streets in St Mary Cray (formerly a parish in Kent, now part of the London Borough of Bromley) whose names were more or less certainly inspired by that of a small wood that existed in this area before urbanization kicked in: Robin Hood Shaw. When Robin Hood Road was planned the area was still wooded in parts, but given several other street names in the vicinity that are obviously Robin Hood-related it seems likely that 'Robin Hood Road' was also meant to fit into this theme. See further the page on the St Mary Cray place-name cluster.
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 Kent XVI.3 (c. 1868; surveyed 1867) (no copy in NLS)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1896; rev. 1895) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1896; rev. 1895) (Robin Hood Road not shown) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1908; rev. 1907) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1932; rev. 1930-31) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (1947; rev. 1937-38) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI (1871; surveyed 1862-68) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (1898; rev. 1895) (Robin Hood Road not shown) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (1898; rev. 1895) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (1910; rev. 1907-1908) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 6" O.S. map London Sheet T (1919; rev. 1914) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (c. 1938; rev. 1930-1931) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (c. 1944; rev. 1938) (Robin Hood Road shown and labelled)
- 6" O.S. map Kent XVI.NE (c. 1945; rev. c. 1938) (Robin Hood Road shown and labelled)
- 6" O.S. map London Sheet T (c. 1946; rev. 1938) (only partly revised) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 1:25,000 map TQ46 (1957) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Hills) (1896) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 271 (Outline) (1896) (Robin Hood Road not shown)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1946) (Robin Hood Road shown, not labelled)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 171 (1961) (Robin Hood Road not shown).