Robin Hood Chase (Nottingham)

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Robin Hood Chase, a path in Nottingham.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Anonymous. Robin Hood's Chase, Nottingham. [s.l.]: [s.n.], [s.d.]. Picture post­card (col.) 138 x 89 mm / Private collection.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-05-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.

Robin Hood Chase, formerly known as 'Robin Hood's Chase', is a path in Nottinghams connecting, to the north-west, Woodborough Road and, to the south-east, St Anne's Well Road. Currently the earliest source on record at IRHB for this place-name is a 6" O.S. map of Nottingham published in 1885 and surveyed in 1880-81. 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

• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (incl. Nottingham; West Bridgford) (1885, surveyed 1880-81)]
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (incl. Nottingham; West Bridgford) (1901, surveyed 1899.)] (indicated, no legend)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (incl. Nottingham; West Bridgford) (1920, rev. 1919.)] (indicated in margin)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (incl. Nottingham; West Bridgford) (c.1947, surveyed 1938.)] (indicated in margin.)

Background

• St Ann's Well Road Pre-demolition (1970) (Facebook Online Community). Photos.

Notes

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  Anonymous. Robin Hood's Chase, Nottingham. [s.l.]: [s.n.], [s.d.]. Picture post­card (col.) 138 x 89 mm / Private collection.

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  Anonymous. Robin Hood's Chase, Woodborough Rd., Nottingham ([s.l.]: [s.n.], [s.d.]). Picture post­card (col.). 139 x 87 mm. / Private collection.