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__NOTOC__{{ | __NOTOC__{{PlaceNamesItemTop|Lat=53.7396|Lon=-1.5059|AdministrativeDivision=Yorkshire|Vicinity=In village of Robin Hood, Wakefield|Type=Transport|Interest=Robin Hood name|Status=Defunct|Demonym=|Riding=West|GreaterLondon=|Year=1894|Aka=|Century=|Cluster1=Robin Hood (Wakefield)|Cluster2=Wakefield|Cluster3=|Image=robin-hood-sidings-robin-hood-wakefield-google-earth.jpg|Postcards=|ExtraCat1=Places named Robin Hood's Sidings|ExtraCat2=|ExtraCat3=|ExtraCat4=|ExtraCat5=|GeopointPrefix=|GeopointSuffix=|StatusSuffix=|DatePrefix=|DateSuffix=}} | ||
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[[File:robin-hood-sidings-robin-hood-wakefield-google-earth.jpg|thumb|right|500px|This area once was full of railway tracks. The streets here are named Farrier Way, Goldsmith Drive etc. I wonder why 'Robin Hood Sidings' was not kept?]]<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-31. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p | [[File:robin-hood-sidings-robin-hood-wakefield-google-earth.jpg|thumb|right|500px|This area once was full of railway tracks. The streets here are named Farrier Way, Goldsmith Drive etc. I wonder why 'Robin Hood Sidings' was not kept?]]<div class="no-img"> | ||
<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-31. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | |||
Robin Hood Sidings in the village of Robin Hood, Wakefield, on the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway, are first recorded, as far as I know, on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1894. The railway was established in 1891 and extended a few years later. It closed in 1966.<ref>[http://www.lner.info/co/EWYUR/history.php The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia: Brief History of the EWYUR.]</ref> | Robin Hood Sidings in the village of Robin Hood, Wakefield, on the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway, are first recorded, as far as I know, on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1894. The railway was established in 1891 and extended a few years later. It closed in 1966.<ref>[http://www.lner.info/co/EWYUR/history.php The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia: Brief History of the EWYUR.]</ref> | ||
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* [http://www.lner.info/co/EWYUR/history.php The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia: Brief History of the EWYUR.] | * [http://www.lner.info/co/EWYUR/history.php The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia: Brief History of the EWYUR.] | ||
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Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.7396, -1.5059 |
Adm. div. | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Vicinity | In village of Robin Hood, Wakefield |
Type | Transport |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Defunct |
First Record | 1894 |
Site of Robin Hood Sidings.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-31. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Robin Hood Sidings in the village of Robin Hood, Wakefield, on the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway, are first recorded, as far as I know, on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1894. The railway was established in 1891 and extended a few years later. It closed in 1966.[1]
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 233 (1854; rev. 1848-51)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1894; rev. 1892)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1908; rev. 1905)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1908; rev. 1905) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1931; rev. 1931-32) [sic]
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1947; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1949; rev. 1948).
Background
Also see
- Robin Hood (Wakefield) place-name cluster
- Wakefield place-name cluster
- Places named Robin Hood's Sidings.
Notes