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Little John's Cross Hill. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-18. Revised by … Little John's Cross Hill is a hill in Exeter just south of Dunsford Road on the edge of Dartmoor. The name applies to the hill as well as to several little lanes on it. It takes its name from Little John's Cross, a local wayside cross, which is in turn named after a local family surnamed Littlejohn and is thus in its origin not related to the Robin Hood tradition. See Flickr: Little John's Cross, Exeter, Wayside Cross (by Alan Rosevear). However, the spelling "Little John" obviously bears witness to, as well as encourages, reinterpretation along such lines, and thus we find an early 1990's private residence on Little John's Cross Hill named Sherwood Rise. Zoopla: Property history of Sherwood Rise, Little Johns Cross Hill, Exeter EX2 9PJ, 12th Sep 2012. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Flickr: Little John's Cross, Exeter, Wayside …

Little John's Cross By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-18. Revised by … Little John's Cross is a wayside cross in Exeter at the corner of Dunsford Road and Little John's Cross Hill. The cross, now standing in a private garden, takes its name after a local family surnamed Littlejohn and is thus in its origin hardly related to the Robin Hood tradition. See Flickr: Little John's Cross, Exeter, Wayside Cross (by Alan Rosevear). However, the spelling "Little John" obviously bears witness to, as well as encourages, reinterpretation along such lines, and thus we find an early 1990's private residence on Little John's Cross Hill named Sherwood Rise. Zoopla: Property history of Sherwood Rise, Little Johns Cross Hill, Exeter EX2 9PJ, 12th Sep 2012. The cross is marked without a legend on Ogilby's 1675 map. Alan Rosevear, as cited. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Flickr: Little John's Cross, Exeter, Wayside Cross …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-23. Revised by … County description The Historic Counties Trust describes Rutland as follows: Rutland is the smallest county in England, and indeed the smallest of them all after Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. Rutland is the heart of the Midlands. Rutland is almost entirely agricultural, the only towns of any size being Oakham and Uppingham, both small and charming. Elsewhere Rutland is characterized by delightful villages. Those in the east of the county are built mostly in oolitic limestone, those in the south and west more in warm limestone. Rutland is a well watered place; the Eye Brook, the Chater, and the Gwash flowing through green vales between rolling hills. The south-eastern border is the Welland. The Gwash was dammed in the 1970s, flooding a huge area for a reservoir; Rutland Water. Although its construction was the subject of considerable opposition and involved the demolition of the hamlet of Nether Hambleton, Rutland …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-05. Revised by … Revised on the basis of comments from Geoff Spencer. Allusion Source notes The MS source is 'M [vol. 160] 16'. Holmes, Richard 1894a, p. 111. Brackets as in prinetd source. IRHB comments A. H. Smith appears to date this passage from one of Roger Dodsworth's notebooks to the 16th century. Smith, Albert Hugh 1933a, see p. 485, and Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. … before 1600 that Smith would hardly simply have dated the note to the 16th century. Something like ' c. 1600' or 'late 16th cent.' would have been more natural. Dodsworth's first dated writing on antiquarian topics is from 1605, and few other dated items from his hand are as …

Robin Hood Colliery a.k.a. Flimby Colliery. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-24. Revised by … The Robin Hood Colliery in Flimby was in operation from 1855 to 1909. Wilson & Harris of Darlington sank Robin Hood Pit 1 in Flimby in 1855. West Coast Energy: Flimby Wind Farm, Environmental Statement, vol. 1: Written Text, p. 9–14 (PDF; may take a while to load). At that time or later, operation began at a further pit, Robin Hood Pit 2. Some time after 1867 this was connected via a tramway with Seatonmoor Colliery, located about 800 m south. West Coast Energy: Flimby Wind Farm, Environmental Statement, vol. 1: Written Text, p. 9–16 (PDF; may take a while to load); and see maps listed below. Operation at the first Robin Hood Pit ended on 14 Nov. 1908 and that at the second pit already in December of 1897 when the seam was found unworkable on account of faults. Robin Hood Pit 1 was located in Flimby and Seaton parishes, but Robin Hood Pit 2 in Flimby only. Durham Mining …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-07. Revised by … Huntingdon, formerly the county town of Huntingdonshire, now relegated to the status of a market town in Cambridgeshire, does not in itself have any clear connection with the outlaw, but from c. 1598 on Robin Hood has been frequently portrayed as earl of Huntingdon. He was endowed with this title by minor Elizabethan dramatists. More recently the idea has been especially popular with film makers. A tragedy with a lowborn criminal as its hero would not have sat well with Elizabethan theatre audiences, at least not with those segments who could afford the more expensive admission fees, so when it was decided that a proper Robin Hood tragedy must be written and staged, it was probably inevitable that the yeoman hero must have some title foisted on him. This was not entirely without precedent, for Richard Grafton in 1568 claimed to have read "in an olde an auncient Pamphlet" that Robin Hood "discended of a noble parentage: or …

Kirklees Priory. ] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-05. Revised by … Kirklees Priory was a small Cistercian priory, founded in the early 12th century Clay, C T 1954a, see p. 355. or during the reign of Henry II (1154-89), certainly in existence by 1211. Chadwick, S J 1901a, p. 323 n. 1. The only surviving part of the buildings is the Gatehouse, rebuilt in the Elizabethan period and situated on the outskirts of Kirklees Park, c. 650 m. NE of Robin Hood's Grave. According to the Gest (see Evidence below) and later sources, it was at Kirklees that Robin Hood was killed through the treachery of his cousin the prioress. Kirklees is in the township of Hartshead-cum-Clifton and in the ancient parish of Dewsbury. It occurs in the records from 1202 on as "Kirkeley", "Kyrkeleis", "Kyrkesley" and through metathesis as "Crickeleys". The strange form "Kuthelaga" has also been recorded. The etymology of the name, a compound of ON kirkja and OE lēah, is "church clearing(s)", …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-07-23. Revised by … It is hoped that the list of historical sheriffs included below will in time become complete for the medieval period (up to 1500). For most of that period, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire formed one bailiwick. Unless otherwise indicated, sheriffs in office before 1449 can be assumed to have served this larger bailiwick. From that year and until 1835 there were two sheriffs: one for Nottingham itself and one for the rest of Nottinghamshire. The two boroughs mentioned at Nottingham City Council: Previous Sheriffs Of Nottingham and Nottingham in the Middle Ages (600 – 1499) should be two shrievalties or sheriff's bailiwicks. There was always only one borough of Nottingham. I am grateful to David Crook for pointing this out. More sheriffs will be added to the list when found. The list is based on both primary and secondary sources, little attempt having been made to verify the information or resolve apparent conflicts. The …

The site of Robin Hood's Well. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-15. Revised by … Robin Hood's Well a.k.a. St Ann's Well was located in the north-eastern neighbourhood of Nottingham now known as St Ann, an area that was once part of Sherwood Forest and retained a bucolic character until the mid-19th century. Nottingham Hidden History Team: St Ann's Well by Joe Earp. The well, known … the adjacent woodward's house. The history of the well from the mid-16th century to its destruction in the late 19th century is intertwined with that of the woodward's house, so both are treated together here. Names of the well The well is perhaps referred to in …