What's new at IRHB
Short introduction
Latest news
- 2024-03-12: All tithe awards for the following English counties have now been searched for Robin Hood-related place names: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire. Some fieldnames have yet to be entered, along with some 300 place names from other sources.
- 2022-06-16: the link to the Contact page in the Contact section below has not worked for a couple of weeks. It has now been fixed.
- 2021-01-10: two weeks of behind-the-scenes updates to IRHB have been completed. We apologize for any convenience this has caused in the form of instability, lack of responsiveness, and brief offline periods.
- 2020-12-30: IRHB's contact form has not been working for a couple of weeks. This has now been fixed
- 2020-11-04: The 900th English Robin Hood-related place-name was entered
- 2020-06-09: a warm welcome to Jon Snurka. Jon will help add and update pages at IRHB. For now at least, his chief focus will be on Children's books and Films
- 2018-04-27: a systematic search for Robin Hood-related place-names in the thousands of 6" O.S. maps of England online at the map subsite of the National Library of Scotland was completed. This was begun about two years earlier. About one hundred of the 'new' place-names found have yet to be added to the site
Work in progress
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Section by section
Allusions
Allusions in works of prose fiction, poetry, non-specialist local history and topography, letters, itineraries, biographies etc.
This section currently includes a total of 344 pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts.
Section landing-page: Allusions.
Allusions per century
- 1301-1400 · links · texts (6 pages)
- 1401-1500 · links · texts (13 pages)
- 1501-1600 · links · texts (79 pages)
- 1601-1700 · links · texts (55 pages)
- 1701-1800 · links · texts (41 pages)
- 1801-1900 · links · texts (102 pages)
- 1901-2000 · links · texts (29 pages).
- 2001-2100 · links · texts (2 pages).
IRHB favourites
- 1309 - Anonymous - Annales Londonienses
- 1324 - Louis, count of Flanders - Letter to Edward II or III
- 1473 - Paston, John - To John Paston
- 1667 - Cosin, John - Household Book
- 1883 - Bayzand, William - Coaching in and out of Oxford.
Recently added
- 1535 - Leland, John - Itinerary (3)
- 1910 - Sumner, Heywood - Book of Gorley
- 1841 - Hall, Spencer Timothy - Forester's Offering (2)
- 1841 - Hall, Spencer Timothy - Forester's Offering (1)
- 1486 - A Shorte and a Brief Memory
- 1859 - Green, Henry - Knutsford
- 1817 - Pitt, William - Topographical History of Staffordshire
- 1845 - Palmer, Charles Ferrers - History of Tamworth (2)
- 1845 - Palmer, Charles Ferrers - History of Tamworth (1)
- 1886 - Redfern, Francis - History and Antiquities of Town of Uttoxeter (4)
Analogues
Other outlaw traditions, sources and analogues of Robin Hood ballads
This section currently includes a total of 30 pages.
Section landing-page: Analogues.
Pages
- British analogues (0 pages)
- European analogues (0 pages)
- North American analogues (0 pages)
- Asian analogues
- International analogues (0 pages)
- King and subject tales (7 pages)
- Analogues (anthologies)
- Studies and criticism (analogues)
- Allusions to analogues.
IRHB favourites
Recently added
Artifacts
Mass-produced artifacts such as postcards and cigarette cards, unique artifacts such as statues
This section currently includes a total of 9 pages.
Section landing-page: Artifacts.
Pages
- Theatrical postcards (1 page)
- Topographical postcards (list of links to place-names section)
- Cigarette cards (1 page)
- Means of payment (2 pages).
- Studies and criticism.
IRHB favourites
- Token of Roger Dickinson of Robin Hood's Bay
- Pattreiouex - Sights of Britain
- Topographical postcards.
Recently added
Ballads
The Robin Hood ballads – lists of editions, studies and criticism, allusions to specific ballads
This section currently includes a total of 47 pages.
Section landing-page: Ballads.
Pages
- Ballads (41 pages)
- Garlands of Robin Hood
- Scholarly ballad collections
- Ballad studies and criticism
- Allusions to ballads.
IRHB favourites
Recently updated
Bibliography
Bibliographies, from bibliographical monographs to short lists in books and articles. Analytical bibliography also covered
This section currently includes 1 page.
Section landing-page: Bibliography.
Chronicles
Chronicle entries on Robin Hood c. 1420–c. 1600
This section currently includes 17 pages.
Section landing-page: Chronicles.
Pages
IRHB favourites
Recently added
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (5)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (3)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (2)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (4)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (1)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (2)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (3)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (4)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (1)
- 1521 - Major, John - Historia Maioris Britanniae
Comics
Comic books, magazines, and strips; cartoons
This section currently includes 8 pages.
Section landing-page: Comics.
Pages
IRHB favourites
Recently added
Criticism
Literary criticism, literary history, folklore studies, cultural studies, semiotics etc.
This section currently includes 1 page.
Section landing-page: Criticism.
Drama
Drama, medieval to modern, including operas, operettas, musicals, pantomimes etc.
This section currently includes 27 pages.
Section landing-page: Drama.
Pages
IRHB favourites
Recently added
Early Prose
Early prose works, between chronicle and children's book
This section currently includes 3 page.
Section landing-page: Early prose.
Recently added
Festivals
May games, summer games, Whitsun ales, church ales etc.
This section currently includes 53 pages.
Section landing-page: Festivals (on festivals in England).
Pages
- Festivals (15 county landing-pages)
- Festivals in Scotland (3 county landing-pages)
- Allusions to festivals
- Festivals in North America (1 state landing page)
IRHB favourites
- Devon festivals
- Ashburton festivals
- Shooter's Hill festivals
- Stepney festivals
- Richmond festivals
- Banbury festivals
- Calne festivals
Recently added
Films
Feature films, TV series, cartoons, films with Robin Hood titles etc.
This section currently includes 11 pages.
Section landing-page: Films.
Pages
- Film chronology (4 pages). The same materials sub-divided into:
- Feature films (1 page)
- Television series (1 page)
- Films with Robin Hood-related titles (2 pages)
- Filmographies
- Film studies and criticism.
IRHB favourites
Recently added
Historiography
Records relating to historical persons, criminal or law-abiding, named Robin Hood, Little John etc. Records referring to places named after Robin Hood. Origin and audience of early tales, archery, crime etc.
This section currently includes 746 pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts, as well as landing pages for various groupings of records.
Section landing-page: Historiography.
Topic pages
Records per century
- 1201-1300 · links · texts (42 pages)
- 1301-1400 · links · texts (377 pages)
- 1401-1500 · links · texts (42 pages)
- 1501-1600 · links · texts (10 pages)
- 1601-1700 · links · texts (14 pages)
- 1701-1800 · links · texts (47 pages)
- 1801-1900 · links · texts (147 pages)
- 1901-2000 · links · texts (6 pages).
General record groupings and topics
- Criminals named Little John · links · texts Records (26 pages)
- Criminals named Robin Hood · links · texts (10 pages)
- Criminals surnamed Robinhood · links · texts (1 pages)
- Persons named Little John · links · texts (96 pages)
- Persons named Much the Miller's Son · links · texts (1 pages)
- Persons named Richard at the Lee · links · texts (40 pages)
- Persons named Robert Loxley · links · texts (21 pages)
- Persons named Robin Hood · links · texts (149 pages)
- Persons named Roger of Doncaster · links · texts (11 pages)
- Persons named William Scathlock · links · texts (12 pages)
- Persons surnamed Littlejohn · links · texts (4 pages)
- Persons surnamed Robinhood · links · texts (105 pages)
- Sheriffs of Nottingham
- Prioresses of Kirklees.
Special record groupings and topics
- John Petit of Cornwall · links · texts (11 pages)
- Little John the mariner · links · texts (11 pages)
- Proceedings of the Old Bailey · links · texts (192 pages)
- Robert le Hod of West Tisted · links · texts (11 pages)
- Robhoods of Walsham le Willows · links · texts (104 pages)
- Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls · links · texts (103 pages).
- Roger de Doncaster in Sandal · links · texts (11 pages).
IRHB favourites
- Little John the mariner (record texts)
- Robert le Hod of West Tisted (record texts)
- Robhoods of Walsham le Willows (record texts)
- Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (record texts)
- 1422 - Stone of Robert Hode.
Recently added
- 1791 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (3)
- 1791 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (2)
- 1791 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (1)
- 1790 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (2)
- 1790 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (1)
- 1665 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield
- 1350 - Robert son of Peter Hode
- 1349 - Roger de Doncaster
- 1340 - Roger de Doncaster (2)
- 1340 - Roger de Doncaster (1)
Juvenile
Children's books, picture books, short stories, poetry etc.
This section currently includes 84 pages, including landing pages for each letter of the alphabet (currently only 17).
Section landing-page: Juvenile.
Topic pages
IRHB favourites
- Marshall, Henrietta Elizabeth - Stories of Robin Hood
- Pyle, Howard - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.
Recently added
- Dunkerley, Desmond - Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow
- Kester, Max - The Ambush
- Disney, Walt - Robin Hood A Golden Adventure
- Juvenile in N
- Neville, Wildwood - Life and Exploits of Robin Hood
- Dumas, Alexandre - Robin Hood
- Juvenile in D
- Disney, Walt - Walt Disney's Adventures of Robin Hood
- Gool, Van - Robin Hood
- Vance, Eleanor Graham - Adventures of Robin Hood
Linguistics
List of works and paper discussing linguistic aspects of early Robin Hood tales. IRHB notes on linguistic topics.
This section currently includes 3 pages.
Section landing-page: Linguistics, includes list of IRHB notes on linguistic topics (2 pages).
IRHB favourites
Recently added
Music
Music – operetta to post-punk.
Section landing-page: Music (1 sub-page)
Pages
- Specific works of music (1 page).
Recently added
Mythology
Monographs and articles arguing that the Robin Hood figure originated in fertility rites etc. Monographs and articles discussing and criticizing such hypotheses.
This section currently includes 1 page.
Section landing-page: Mythology.
Originators
Full bibliographical data of printed (and some MS) sources cited on IRHB, arranged alphabetically under originators' surnames. Item entries include short title forms for citation on other pages.
This section currently includes 6951 pages.
Section landing-page: Originators, with a landing page for each letter of the alphabet, including letters in non-English alphabets as well as Anonymous (29 pages).
Recently added
Place-Names
Places named after Robin Hood and subsidiary characters of the tradition; localities mentioned in Robin Hood literature, mainly before 1800.
This section currently includes 1332 pages.
Section landing-page: Place-names.
Topic and sub-section landing-pages
- English counties: currently 43 landing-pages
- Clusters of place-names in England: currently 182 landing-pages
- Special groupings: currently 11 pages or landing-pages
- British place-names (outside England)
- European place-names
- North American place-names
- Asian place-names
- Gazetteers (place-names)
- Sources discussing place-names.
IRHB favourites
- Place-name choropleths
- Places named Robin Hood's Butts
- Barnsdale (Doncaster)
- Barnsdale (Exton)
- Nottinghamshire place-names
- Place-names
- Robin Hood Ball (Netheravon)
- Robin Hood's Bay
- Robin Hood's Arrows (Chetham's Library)
- Robin Hood's Stone (Whitby Laithes)
- Robin Hood's Well (Barnsdale)
- Robin Hood's Well (Nottingham)
- Sayles (Barnsdale)
- Sayles Plantation (Barnsdale)
- Yorkshire place-names.
Recently added
Plant Names
Folk names of plants; trade names of cultivated varieties.
This section currently includes 19 pages.
Section landing-page: Plant names.
IRHB favourites
Recently added
Poetry
Poetry, excluding poetry written for children.
This section currently includes 9 pages.
Section landing-page: Poetry.
IRHB favourites
- Crossley, Thomas – Written at Grave of Robin Hood
- Scott, Walter – Inscription for Robin Hood's Well.
Recently added
Proverbs
Proverbs relating to Robin Hood.
This section currently includes 17 pages.
Section landing-page: Proverbs.
List pages
IRHB favourites
- Many speak of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow
- Robin Hood
- Robin Hood in Barnsdale stood
- Robin Hood's pennyworths.
Recently updated
Software
Software, excluding websites and web-based games.
This section currently includes 3 pages.
Section landing-page: Software.
List pages
- PC games (1 sub-page)
- Software criticism.
IRHB favourites
Recently added
Websites
Websites dealing exclusively with Robin Hood or having substantial Robin Hood-related content.
Section landing-page: Websites.
This section currently includes 1 page.