Guisborough
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 54.536, -1.049439 |
| Adm. div. | North Riding of Yorkshire |
| Vicinity | Redcar and Cleveland |
| Type | Settlement |
| Interest | Literary locale |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | c. 1650 |
Guisborough.
Guisborough from Highcliffe Nab / MarcusBritish.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-11. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
The home of the villain of the ballad Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne is usually taken to be Gisburn in the Ribble Valley (Lancashire, formerly the West Riding of Yorkshire), but Guisborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire is certainly also a possibility. From the 11th to the mid-19th century, the form 'Guisborough' ('Guisbrough' etc.) had strong competition from the form 'Gisburn' ('Gyseburne' etc.)[1] For Gisburn in the ballad, see further the entry on Gisburn.
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.
Sources
- Pease, Alfred Edward, compil.; Fairfax-Blakeborough, John, annot. A Dictionary of the Dialect of the North Riding of Yorkshire (Whitby: Horne & Son, 1928), 'Notes on the Nomenclature of the Town of Guisbrough' (unpaginated appendix).
- Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. 5) (Cambridge, 1928), pp. 149-50.
Background
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Notes
- ↑ Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. 5) (Cambridge, 1928), pp. 149-50; Pease, Alfred Edward, compil.; Fairfax-Blakeborough, John, annot. A Dictionary of the Dialect of the North Riding of Yorkshire (Whitby: Horne & Son, 1928), 'Notes on the Nomenclature of the Town of Guisbrough' (unpaginated appendix).