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* 25" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.2 (''c.'' 1882; surveyed 1880). (No Copy in NLS) | * 25" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.2 (''c.'' 1882; surveyed 1880). (No Copy in NLS) | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725256#zoom=4&lat=3874&lon=13707&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1895; surveyed 1879-80)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725256#zoom=4&lat=3874&lon=13707&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1895; surveyed 1879-80)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725259#zoom=4&lat=3840&lon=12879&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1902; rev. 1900)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725259#zoom=4&lat=3840&lon=12879&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1902; rev. 1900)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.8036&lon=-2.6405&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900)] (georeferenced) | * [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.8036&lon=-2.6405&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900)] (georeferenced) | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/135198586#zoom=4&lat=3196&lon=11653&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/135198586#zoom=4&lat=3196&lon=11653&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725262#zoom=5&lat=3746&lon=12947&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1922; rev. 1920)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725262#zoom=5&lat=3746&lon=12947&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.15 (1922; rev. 1920)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101453349#zoom=4&lat=1862&lon=3873&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1884; surveyed 1878-80)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101453349#zoom=4&lat=1862&lon=3873&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1884; surveyed 1878-80)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.8039&lon=-2.6447&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)] (georeferenced) | * [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.8039&lon=-2.6447&layers=6&b=5 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)] (georeferenced) | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101453346#zoom=4&lat=1938&lon=3696&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/101453346#zoom=4&lat=1938&lon=3696&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102186154#zoom=4&lat=4479&lon=6883&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.NW (1903; rev. 1900)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102186154#zoom=4&lat=4479&lon=6883&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV.NW (1903; rev. 1900)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102346004#zoom=5&lat=9001&lon=6844&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV (1924; rev. 1918)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102346004#zoom=5&lat=9001&lon=6844&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Monmouthshire'' XV (1924; rev. 1918)] | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102342785#zoom=5&lat=1928&lon=10813&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102342785#zoom=5&lat=1928&lon=10813&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Gloucestershire'' XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21).] | ||
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Revision as of 09:41, 31 May 2019
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Looking roughly south at the Robin Hood Junction, Forest of Dean / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-31.
The junction is mentioned several times in a 2017 neighbourhood development plan.[1] The earliest online source revealed by a somewhat cursory search is a news item in a local newspaper from 2010.[2] An entry on the website of the Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts notes that
The junction was originally a sharp fork slightly to the north west of its current location but was re-modeled in the 1990s to the layout we see today. The original junction can be clearly seen on satellite images and on the B4228 approaching the A4136 as a gap in the trees. Part time traffic lights control the junction.
It is not known to IRHB how long the junction has been named after the outlaw. However, there can be little doubt that the name was inspired by that of the Robin Hood Mine Pit, an abandoned mine in the immediate vicinity last worked during WWII.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
- Abbs, Beverley. 'Puzzlewood, Coleford, Forest of Dean', Malvern Gazette (2010-06-07), p. ?
- Forest of Dean District Council. Coleford Neighbourhood Development Plan: Appendices. A1: Town Centre and Conservation Area ([Coleford], 2017), pp. 79, 81, 93, 94, 95
- Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts: Robin Hood Junction (Forest of Dean).
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (c. 1882; surveyed 1880). (No Copy in NLS)
- 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1895; surveyed 1879-80)
- 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1902; rev. 1900)
- 25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900)
- 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (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.NW (1903; rev. 1900)
- 6" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV (1924; rev. 1918)
- 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21).