1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (06)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Allusion | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1831 |
| Author | Lewis, Samuel |
| Title | A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions |
| Mentions | Robin Hood's Grave [Kirklees Priory]; Kirklees Priory |
Robin Hood's Grave at Kirklees.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
KIRK-LEES, a hamlet in that part of the parish of Dewsbury which is in the wapentake of Morley, West riding of the county of York, 5 miles (N. N. E.) from Huddersfield. The population is returned with the parish. Here was a Cistercian nunnery, erected in the reign of Henry II., by Reynerus Flandrensis, and dedicated to the Virgin and St. James, the revenue of which, at the suppression, was valued at £20. 7. 8.: the celebrated Robin Hood was buried here, where his tomb is yet to be seen.[1]
Source notes
Capitals and small caps as in printed source.
IRHB comments
An expanded entry is found in the 1848 edition of this work. See 1848 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England.
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
- Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Editions
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions (London, 1831), vol. II, p. 538, s.n. Kirk-lees
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Second Edition (London, 1833). Not seen
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Third Edition (London, 1835); see vol. II (unpag.), s.n. Kirk-lees
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Fourth Edition (London, 1840); see vol. II, p. 584, s.n. Kirk-lees
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Fifth Edition (London, 1845). Not seen
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Seventh Edition (London, 1848); see vol. II, p. 700, s.n. Kirklees. Passage on Robin Hood's Grave expanded. See 1848 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England.
Background
Also see
- Kirklees Priory
- Robin Hood's Grave (Kirklees Priory)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (03)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (04)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (05)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (07)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (08)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (09)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (14)
- 1835 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England
- 1848 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England.
Notes
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions (London, 1831), vol. II, p. 538, s.n. Kirk-lees.