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Robin Hood Junction in the village of Robin Hood, Wakefield, on the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway, is first recorded, as far as I know, on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1908. The railway was established in 1891 and extended a few years later. It closed in 1966.<ref>[http://www.lner.info/co/EWYUR/history.php The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia: Brief History of the EWYUR.]</ref> As seen in the photo below the tarcks have now been replaced by a nice footpath. | Robin Hood Junction in the village of Robin Hood, Wakefield, on the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway, is first recorded, as far as I know, on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1908. The railway was established in 1891 and extended a few years later. It closed in 1966.<ref>[http://www.lner.info/co/EWYUR/history.php The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia: Brief History of the EWYUR.]</ref> As seen in the photo below the tarcks have now been replaced by a nice footpath. | ||
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102345004#zoom=6&lat=8081&lon=8195&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' 233 (1854; rev. 1848-51)] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102345004#zoom=6&lat=8081&lon=8195&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' 233 (1854; rev. 1848-51)] | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947707#zoom=5&lat=4079&lon=1833&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1894; rev. 1892)] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947707#zoom=5&lat=4079&lon=1833&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1894; rev. 1892)] | ||
Revision as of 14:38, 12 July 2018
Approximate site of Robin Hood Junction.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-31. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.
Robin Hood Junction in the village of Robin Hood, Wakefield, on the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway, is first recorded, as far as I know, on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1908. The railway was established in 1891 and extended a few years later. It closed in 1966.[1] As seen in the photo below the tarcks have now been replaced by a nice footpath.
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).