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Fountain Dale. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-08. Revised by … The B-version of the ballad of Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar, from a broadside dated c. 1660, refers to the friar's place of residence as both "Fountains Abby" and "Fountains Dale". Dobson, Richard … According to Dobson & Taylor, since the early 19th century the Fountains Dale of the ballad has been identified with a wooded area – one of the few surviving vestiges of Sherwood Forest – north of Ravenshead and Blidworth. The name 'Fountain Dale' is first found applied to this area on the Greenwood brothers' 1826 map of Nottinghamshire. Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 301, s.n. '(Fountain … known as Langton Lodge. Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 116. While it is of course possible that the name Fountain Dale as …