[1] The name Robin Hood was first applied to a spring or well situated near the old quarries, which had a well-trough with an iron ladle chained to it.

There was local opinion that the ceremony of well-dressing, and a country dance called Robin Hood might have been performed there.

[2] The area has a suspected link with the medieval folk hero Robin Hood, as some of the original legends do mention an "Outwoods" (quite possibly the Outwood of Wakefield nearby) and the original legends also mention a "Stane Lea" (potentially the nearby village of Stanley).

Also, most of the original Robin Hood ballads have him operating in and around Barnsdale forest which is close to Wakefield and surrounding areas.

The pit closed in the 1960s after being nationalised by the National Coal Board in 1946, it stood derelict on the site until the 1980s and used as a ventilation shaft for other main collieries in the area.

There was also a further road crossing on Thorpe Lower Lane just before the present M1 underpass, and a large railway junction beyond Robin Hood Station towards Rothwell.

Not much remains of this line today, apart from a few rails buried just under the surface of Milner Lane and overgrown embankments and cuttings along the route to Rothwell.

There was a large GPO Telephone Repeater Station located on the corner of Sharp Lane where it meets the A61 Wakefield Road.

It was a large concrete building with blast proof doors and was self contained having its own generators and water.