Marian's Lodge (Forest of Dean)

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Marian's Lodge, Forest of Dean

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Google satellite image centred on Marian's Lodge, Brummels Drive, Christchurch, Coleford / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-26. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-19.

Marian's Lodge is a building in the part of the Forest of Dean known as Marian's Inclosure. It seems likely that it was named, at least indirectly, after Maid Marian.

Located in the northeastern end of Marian's Inclosure, near Berry Hill, Marian's Lodge can be accessed from Brummels Drive, Marian's Lane or Marian's Walk. Marian's Lodge, like Mailscot Lodge, situated in Mailscot Wood less than 2 km to the north, was a wood keepers's lodge. Also see Allusions below.

In or immediately outside Marian's Inclosure is Marian's Brick Works, located just 150 meters from Robin Hood Iron Mine with which it may have been connected. This suggests that Marian meant Maid Marian and that the other "Marian" names in the area were inspired by the name of the brickworks.

The earliest mention of the place-name known to IRHB so far is an entry in the 1881 census or an O.S. map of the area published the same year (see Maps 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. 315-19.

Sources

• Forest of Dean Forum: Thread "Henry Jones (Born Ca 1840) - Crown Woodman - Marion's Lodge".

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.16 (1881; surveyed 1877-79)
• 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.16 (1902; rev. 1900) (georeferenced).
• 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.16 (1902; rev. 1900)
• 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.16 (1922; rev. 1920)
• 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1884; surveyed 1878-80)
• 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900) (georeferenced).
• 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)
• 6" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV (1924; rev. 1918)
• 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21).

Background

• Forest of Dean Forum: Thread "Richard SMITH English Bicknor 1841 census look-up request", see especially "Mailscot Lodge, Hillersland" (by "jefff") and following messages
• Wikipedia: Forest of Dean.

Notes

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