Robin Hood Road (Wimbledon)

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Robin Hood Road (Wimbledon).

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood Road / Shaun Ferguson, 25 Jun. 2008, Creative Commons, via Geograph]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.

Robin Hood Road is a footpath and riding path across Wimbledon Common. It formerly lead to Robin Hood Farm. The earliest record I have at present is the 6" O.S. map published in 1874 (see Maps section below). 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.

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII (1874; surveyed 1865)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1920; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1933; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1936; rev. 1932-33)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1944; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1946; rev. 1938).