Gurth Avenue (Kirk Sandall)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.553657, -1.062451 |
| Adm. div. | West Riding of Yorkshire |
| Vicinity | Just S of Thorne Road (A18) in Kirk Sandall |
| Type | Thoroughfare |
| Interest | Miscellaneous |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | |
Gurth Avenue, Kirk Sandall.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Gurth Avenue is one of a cluster of eleven, mainly residential, streets with Robin Hood/Ivanhoe-themed names in Kirk Sandall. The houses on Gurth Avenue look fairly recent, so the street is probably of 20th century origin. In Ivanhoe, Gurth is a swineherd to Cedric the Saxon, the father of Wilfred of Ivanhoe.
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.7 (1892; surveyed 1891)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.7 (1892; surveyed 1891)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.7 (1906; rev. 1904) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.7 (1930; rev. 1929)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.NE (1907; rev. 1904) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 277 (1854; surveyed 1849–50)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.NE (1907; rev. 1904)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.NE (1931; rev. 1928–29)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCLXXVII.NE (1949; rev. 1948).
Background
Also see
- Kirk Sandall place-name cluster
- Doncaster place-name cluster
- Places named after Ivanhoe
- Scott, Walter - Ivanhoe.