Sherwood Close (Tottington)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.614535, -2.339304 |
Adm. div. | Lancashire |
Vicinity | Side street of Kirklees Street, Tottington |
Type | Thoroughfare |
Interest | Miscellaneous |
Status | Extant |
First Record |
Sherwood Close, Tottington.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-28.
Sherwood Close, a residential cul-de-sac in Tottington, is a side street of Kirklees Street. Just west of it, separated from it only by a parking lot, is the Robin Hood, whose bowling green once occupied the area that is now the parking lot, and in the immediate vicinity was formerly a Robin Hood Brewery. It is hard to imagine that whoever came up with the name 'Sherwood Close' was unaware of these Robin Hood-themed names.
IRHB knows the street name only from Google Earth and can therefore offer no suggestion as to the age of the street and its name, but the look of the houses on Sherwood Close seems consistent with a 20th century date.
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 LXXXVII.4 (1893; surveyed 1891)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXIX.1 (1910; rev. 1908) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII.4 (1910; rev. 1908)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII.4 (1930; rev. 1927–28)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII.NE (1911; rev. 1907–08) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII (1850; surveyed 1844–47)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII.NE (1894; surveyed 1889–91)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII.NE (1911; rev. 1907–08)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII.NE (1931; rev. 1927–28)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXXVII.NE (1947; rev. 1938).
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