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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 As seen in the photo below the tarcks have now been replaced by a nice footpath.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 As seen in the photo below, the tracks have now been replaced by a nice footpath.
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== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.


== Maps ==
== Maps ==
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947704#zoom=6&lat=4350&lon=2000&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE 1908; rev. 1905)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947704#zoom=6&lat=4350&lon=2000&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE 1908; rev. 1905)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.7429&lon=-1.5029&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1908; rev. 1905)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.7429&lon=-1.5029&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1908; rev. 1905)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947701#zoom=6&lat=4305&lon=1880&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1931; rev. 1931-32)] [''Sic'']
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947701#zoom=6&lat=4305&lon=1880&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1931; rev. 1931-32)] [''sic'']
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947698#zoom=6&lat=4210&lon=1804&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1947; rev. 1938)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947698#zoom=6&lat=4210&lon=1804&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1947; rev. 1938)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947695#zoom=6&lat=4212&lon=1942&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1949; rev. 1948).]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100947695#zoom=6&lat=4212&lon=1942&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CCXXXIII.NE (1949; rev. 1948).]

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Approximate site of Robin Hood Junction.
There is now a footpath where the railway tracks once were. The junction would have been in this area / Photo: the Great Glen via Panoramio.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-31. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-08.

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 tracks have now been replaced by a nice footpath. Template:PnItemQry

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