Robin Hood Wood (Cotehill)
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 54.855015, -2.799933 |
| Adm. div. | Cumberland |
| Vicinity | Extending from c. 450 m E of Duncowfold Farm, Cotehill, along west bank of River Eden |
| Type | Natural feature |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Defunct? |
| First Record | 1840 |
| A.k.a. | Brackenbank Wood |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-02-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-22.
Much of the present Brackenbank Wood, along the west bank of River Eden in Cotehill, was known as 'Robin Hood Wood' in the mid-19th century.
It figures with this name in the 1840 tithe award for the township of Cumwhinton and Coathill in the Parish of Wetheral, where its state of cultivation is listed as 'Wood', the landowner as John Armstrong, and the occupier as George Nelson. The area of the piece of wood was 6 acres, 2 roods and 18 perches (26759.84 m2). The plot is listed under the "Hamlet of Coathill". A close immediately west of the northern part of this stretch of the wood was then known as 'Robin Hood', while just south of this was a plot which is listed in the tithe award as Robin Hood Well.[1] 'Robin Hood Wood' stretched roughly 250 m north and south of Duncowfold Farm. IRHB has found not indications that the name 'Robin Hood Wood' is still applied to this stretch of Brackenbank Wood.
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.
MS sources
- 1840 tithe award for the township of Cumwhinton and Coathill in the Parish of Wetheral, online at the Genealogist, Piece 07, sub-Piece 056, Image 396, #222 (£)
- accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 07, sub-Piece 056, sub-Image 001, #222 (£).
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.15 (c. 1861; surveyed 1860)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.SE (1901; rev. 1899) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.15 (1900; rev. 1899) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.15 (1900; rev. 1899)
- 25" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.15 (1925; rev. 1923)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV (1868; surveyed 1861)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.SE (1901; rev. 1899)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.SE (1926; rev. 1923–24)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland XXIV.SE (1951; rev. 1946–48).
Also see
Notes
- ↑ 1840 tithe award for the township of Cumwhinton and Coathill in the Parish of Wetheral, online at the Genealogist, Piece 07, sub-Piece 056, Image 396, #222 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 07, sub-Piece 056, sub-Image 001, #222 (£).
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The belt of trees beyond the field with the sheep was known as 'Robin Hood Wood' in 1840 / Google Earth Street View.]
Detail of MS tithe award. Plot 222 was known as 'Robin Hood Wood' / © Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England. www.NationalArchives.gov.uk & www.TheGenealogist.co.uk.
