Robinhood Farm (Lostock Gralam): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinate	53.2604, -2.4598
Adm. div.	Cheshire
Vicinity	Birches Lane, Lostock Green, c. 1 km south of Lostock Gralam
Type	Building
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct
First Record	1882

Latest revision as of 16:44, 8 May 2022

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The site of Robinhood Farm.

Looking down Birches Lane. Did the building, centre mid-distance, belong to Robinhood Farm? / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-08.

Robinhood Farm was located on Birches Lane in Lostock Green, a hamlet in Lostock Gralam, situated about 1 km south of the main town of the parish. The name is found on a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1882, based on a survey carried out 1874-77. This is the earliest occurrence found so far.

The English Place-Name Society's volume on this part of Cheshire lists Robinhood Farm without source reference or date,^[1] which suggests that the editor of the volume thought it likely to be of modern date. Robinhood Farm is included on all the O.S. maps listed 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.

Sources

Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997), vol. II, pp. 190, 191.

Maps

25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.7 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.7 (1898; rev. 1897)
25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.7 (c. 1877; surveyed c. 1872). No copy in NLS
25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.7 (1910; rev. 1908).
6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV (1882; surveyed 1874-77)
6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.NE (1899; rev. 1897)
6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.NE (1899; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.NE (1911; rev. 1908)
6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIV.NE (c. 1945; rev. 1938)

Background

Lostock Gralam.

Also see

Notes

↑ Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997), vol. II, p. 191.

Cheshire place-names

Place-names

[1] Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997), vol. II, p. 191.

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+[[File:robinhood-farm-lostock-gralam-google-earth-street-view.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Looking down Birches Lane. Did the building, centre mid-distance, belong to Robinhood Farm? / Google Earth Street View.]]
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+Robinhood Farm was located on Birches Lane in Lostock Green, a hamlet in Lostock Gralam, situated about 1 km south of the main town of the parish. The name is found on a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1882, based on a survey carried out 1874-77. This is the earliest occurrence found so far.
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+The English Place-Name Society's volume on this part of Cheshire lists Robinhood Farm without source reference or date,<ref>{{:Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a}}, vol. II, p. 191.</ref> which suggests that the editor of the volume thought it likely to be of modern date. Robinhood Farm is included on all the O.S. maps listed below.
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-Robinhood Farm was located in Lostock Green, a hamlet in Lostock Gralam, situated about 1 km south of the main town of the parish. The English Place-Name Society's volume on this part of Cheshire lists it without source reference or date, which probably indicates a modern place-name.<ref>{{:Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a}}, vol. II, p. 191.</ref> The earliestt reference I have found so far concerns a woman born at Robinhood Farm in 1923.<ref>[http://www.dodgsonfunerals.com/viewreport.php?recid=1312&t=1&criteria=&filter=F&status=1 Dodgson's Funeral Service in Knutsford & George Bell Fuenral Service in Northwich.] Also see [http://www.lachdennis.com/parish-council/village-links/item/download/49_34664d16e11995acbb66f4aaa1a80827 Village Links &ndash; Local News for Lostock Green and Lach Dennis], February 2016, p. [21] for the reminiscences of a gentleman who played there as a child in the early 1930's.</ref> The farm was located on the west side of a lane off Birches Lane, immediately east of the A556 (which did not exist then).
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-=== Gazetteers ===
 * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
-=== Sources ===
+== Sources ==
 * {{:Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a}}, vol. II, pp. 190, 191.
-* [http://www.dodgsonfunerals.com/viewreport.php?recid=1312&t=1&criteria=&filter=F&status=1 Dodgson's Funeral Service in Knutsford & George Bell Fuenral Service in Northwich.]
-=== Maps ===
+== Maps ==
+* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.26108&lon=-2.46069&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Cheshire'' XXXIV.7 (1898; rev. 1897)] (georeferenced)
+* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/114583249#zoom=5&lat=1352&lon=5843&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Cheshire'' XXXIV.7 (1898; rev. 1897)]
+* 25" O.S. map ''Cheshire'' XXXIV.7 (''c.'' 1877; surveyed ''c.'' 1872). No copy in NLS
+* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/114583252#zoom=5&lat=1125&lon=6302&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Cheshire'' XXXIV.7 (1910; rev. 1908).]
 * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102341056#zoom=5&lat=5441&lon=9047&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cheshire'' XXXIV (1882; surveyed 1874-77)]
 * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101598799#zoom=5&lat=1518&lon=2165&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cheshire'' XXXIV.NE (1899; rev. 1897)]
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 * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101598793#zoom=5&lat=1727&lon=2236&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cheshire'' XXXIV.NE (''c.'' 1945; rev. 1938)]
-=== Background ===
+== Background ==
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lostock_Gralam Lostock Gralam.]
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-=== Also see ===
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-* [[Lostock Gralam place-name cluster]].
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