Robin Hood (Appley Bridge)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood / Anthony Parkes, 15 Feb. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-31.
'Robin Hood' is the name of a hamlet on Robin Hood Lane, north of Appley Bridge, between Hill House Fold Lane and Sparrow Hill/Hall Lane (A5209).
The earliest reference so far known to IRHB is a 6" O.S. map published in 1849, based on a survey carried out 1845-46 (see Maps below).Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 298, s.n. Robin Hood.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1894; surveyed 1892)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1908; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1908; rev. 1907)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.5 (1928; rev. 1927)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV (1849; surveyed 1845-46)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1894; surveyed 1892-93)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1909; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)]
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1909; rev. 1907)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1929; rev. 1927)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXV.NW (1947; rev. 1938).
Brief mention
- Taylor, Henry. 'The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire: The Hundred of Leyland', Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, vol. XVII (1899), pp. 1-31; see p. 17
- Farrer, William, ed.; Brownbill, J., ed. The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (London, 1906), vol. VI, p. 96.
Robin Hood: The junction of Robin Hood Lane with High Moor Lane / David Dixon, 22 Feb. 2016, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Robin Hood: The end of High Moor Lane / Richard Webb, 2 Jul. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Junction of Moss Lane and Robin Hood Lane seen from Hill House Fold Lane / Chris Denny, 26 Apr. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Robin Hood / Google Earth Street View.
