Robin Hood Farm (Appley Bridge)

Locality
Coordinate	53.598437, -2.723702
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	East side of Robin Hood Lane between Hill House Fold Lane and Sparrow Hill/Hall Lane (A5209)
Type	Building
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1894

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Robin Hood Farm (Appley Bridge).

Robin Hood Farm driveway, the closest we can get to the farm itself with the Google photo car / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

Robin Hood Farm is located on the east side of Robin Hood Lane between Hill House Fold Lane and Sparrow Hill/Hall Lane (A5209) in a hamlet named Robin Hood.

The earliest records of the name known to IRHB are the 6" and 25" O.S. maps published in 1894, based on surveys carried out in 1892-93, respectively 1892 (see Maps below).Template:PlaceNamesItemQuery

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 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).

Also see

• Appley Bridge place-name cluster.

 Lancashire place-names 

 Place-names