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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-18. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-18. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | ||
Rowena Avenue is one | Rowena Avenue is one of a cluster of eleven, mainly residential, streets with Robin Hood/Ivanhoe-themed names in Kirk Sandall. As can be seen on 25" and 6" O.S. maps of the area published ''c.'' 1930, the road was then planned or under construction. It is named on the maps. In Walter Scott's ''Ivanhoe'' (1820), the lovely Lady Rowena is the ward of Cedric the Saxon, the father of Wilfred of Ivanhoe. Cedric wants her to marry Athelstane the Saxon, but she is in love with Ivanhoe, of course. | ||
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Revision as of 00:05, 19 June 2020
Rowena Avenue, Kirk Sandall.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Rowena Avenue, Kirk Sandall / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-19.
Rowena Avenue is one of a cluster of eleven, mainly residential, streets with Robin Hood/Ivanhoe-themed names in Kirk Sandall. As can be seen on 25" and 6" O.S. maps of the area published c. 1930, the road was then planned or under construction. It is named on the maps. In Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1820), the lovely Lady Rowena is the ward of Cedric the Saxon, the father of Wilfred of Ivanhoe. Cedric wants her to marry Athelstane the Saxon, but she is in love with Ivanhoe, of course. 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
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.11 (1892; surveyed 1891)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.10 (1906; rev. 1904) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.11 (1906; rev. 1904)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.11 (1930; rev. 1928)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 277 (1854; surveyed 1849–50)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.SE (1893; surveyed 1890–91)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.SE (1907; rev. 1904) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.SE (1907; rev. 1904)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.SE (1931; rev. 1928–29)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.SE (1950; rev. 1948).
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