Blyth
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.377072, -1.061938 |
| Adm. div. | Nottinghamshire |
| Vicinity | 16 km SSE of Doncaster |
| Type | Settlement |
| Interest | Literary locale |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | c. 1500 |
Blyth.
The Angel Inn / J. Thomas.
May Day at Hodsock priory, Blyth / TripAdvisor.com, uploaded by user George B.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
The north Nottinghamshire village of Blyth is mentioned twice in the Gest (see Evidence below). It is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), where it occurs as "Blide".[1] The village is located on the A1, the Great North Road. In the Middle Ages it was a rather more substantial town than now. It had two leper hospitals, a priory, three hermitages as well as markets and fairs. Of its former glory little now remains.[2]
Quotations
[Gest; c. 1500:]
My purpos was to have dyned to day
At Blith or Dancastere[3]
For better chepe I myght have dyned
In Blythe or in Dankastere[4]
Sources
- A Gest of Robyn Hode (Child 117), sts. 27, 259.
- Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M. The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XVII) (Cambridge, 1940), pp. 68-69.
Maps
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1885; surveyed 1885)
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1900; rev. 1897)
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1922; rev. 1918)
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1950; rev. 1948).
Background
Also see
Notes