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[[File:robin-hood-colliery-3-robin-hood-wakefield-google-earth.jpg.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Looking west from Milner Lane in Robin Hood, Wakefield. Beyond the slope is the M1. This area once belonged to the Robin Hood Colliery.]] | [[File:robin-hood-colliery-3-robin-hood-wakefield-google-earth.jpg.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Looking west from Milner Lane in Robin Hood, Wakefield. Beyond the slope is the M1. This area once belonged to the Robin Hood Colliery.]] | ||
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The Robin Hood Colliery or Collieries had operations in several places in the village of Robin Hood. On the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1854 (see Maps section below), the first record of this place-name, a "Shaft" and "Engine" are also indicated in an area that is today covered by the M1, just west of Milner Lane. On subsequent maps only the site of the mine is indicated, and without label. | The Robin Hood Colliery or Collieries had operations in several places in the village of Robin Hood. On the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1854 (see Maps section below), the first record of this place-name, a "Shaft" and "Engine" are also indicated in an area that is today covered by the M1, just west of Milner Lane. On subsequent maps only the site of the mine is indicated, and without label. | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 18 December 2017
Approximate location of Robin Hood Primary School.
File:Robin-hood-colliery-3-robin-hood-wakefield-google-earth.jpg.jpg
Looking west from Milner Lane in Robin Hood, Wakefield. Beyond the slope is the M1. This area once belonged to the Robin Hood Colliery.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-31. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.
The Robin Hood Colliery or Collieries had operations in several places in the village of Robin Hood. On the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1854 (see Maps section below), the first record of this place-name, a "Shaft" and "Engine" are also indicated in an area that is today covered by the M1, just west of Milner Lane. On subsequent maps only the site of the mine is indicated, and without label.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 233 (1854; rev. 1848-51)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1894; rev. 1892)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE 1908; rev. 1905)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1908; rev. 1905) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1931; rev. 1931-32) [Sic]
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1947; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXXIII.NE (1949; rev. 1948).
Also see