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- The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The Robin Hood at 19 Market Street, Tottington, Bury, was in business by 1838. It is included in the tithe award for the 'township of Tottington Lower End in the parish of Bury' (1838), with William Hampson as landowner and George Scarnell as occupier. Three plots are listed under the heading of 'Robin Hood': ⁃ plot No. 889: 'Robin Hood Public House[,] Barn[,] Cow house[,] stable Y d ', occupying a combined area of 26 perches ( m 2 ) ⁃ plot No. 990: 'Bowling green', with an area of 1 rood and 12 perches ( m 2 ) ⁃ plot No. 991: 'Way bank', with an area of 1 acre, 2 roods and 22 perches ( m 2 ) yielding a total area of 2 acres, 1 rood and 20 perches ( m 2 ). No state of cultivation is listed for the two first, but the last is listed as 'meadow'. 1838 tithe award for the 'township of Tottington Lower End in the parish of Bury', online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 308, Image 087, …5 KB (685 words) - 19:16, 22 April 2022
- The area formerly (?) known as 'Robin Hood Bar'. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-07. Revised by … 'Robin Hood Bar' was the name of a strip of land between the A619 and Heathy Lea Brook in the hamlet of Robin Hood, Baslow. In the 1847 tithe award for the 'Township of Baslow in the Parish of Bakewell' are listed five plots of land under the collective name of 'Robin Hood Bar', with the duke of Devonshire, i.e. William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790–1858) Wikipedia: William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire. as landowner and Thomas Savage as occupier: ⁃ plot # 432: state of cultivation: 'Rough Pasture'; area: 1 acre 3 roods and 24 perches ( m 2 ) ⁃ plot # 433: state of cultivation: 'Rough Pasture'; area: 1 acre and 25 perches ( m 2 ) ⁃ plot # 434: state of cultivation: 'Oats'; area: 1 acre 2 roods and 26 perches ( m 2 ) ⁃ plot # 436: state of cultivation: 'Meadow'; area: 1 acre 2 roods and 24 perches ( m 2 ) ⁃ plot # 437: …9 KB (1,221 words) - 19:17, 22 April 2022
- The Robin Hood Inn, near the Ironbridge, Telford. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-31. Revised by … The Robin Hood Inn in what was formerly Madeley parish, now Ironbridge in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, is noted in the English Place-Name Society's first volume on Shropshire Gelling, Margaret 1990a, vol. I, p. 35., referring to an 1849 tithe award. The latter, on inspection, turns out to have been drawn up in 1847 but received by the Tithe Commission in 1849. The plot, measuring 27 perches ( m 2 ), owned by Francis and John Yates, the occupier a John Bailey, was then described as "The Robin Hood Inn[:] Buildings & Garden". Bailey also rented from the same owners an adjacent stable occupying one half perch ( m 2 ). The Genealogist: Madeley tithe award, Piece 29, Sub-Piece 211, Image 122 (1847) (£); accompanying map: The Genealogist: Madeley tithe map, Piece 29, Sub-Piece 211, Sub-Image 002 (1847) (£). The inn is plot No. 1589, the stable No. 1613. The inn is …5 KB (688 words) - 03:59, 12 February 2021
- A close (formerly?) known as Little John Field. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-04-29. Revised by … A close on the east side of Burnsall Lane, c. 700 m SE of Hebden, is or was once known as 'Little John Field'. The field name occurs in the tithe award for Hebden (1846), where it and a larger neighbouring piece, 'John Field', are listed with Sarah Chamberlain as owner and Thomas Stockdale as occupier. The smaller piece is listed with an area of 1 acre and 2 perches ( m 2 ), the larger with 5 acres, 3 roods and 14 perches ( m 2 ). For both fields 'Meadow' is entered under 'State of Cultivation'. 1846 tithe award for Hebden in the parish of Linton, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 43, sub-piece 205, Image 010, items #471 and #472; accompanying map, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 43, sub-piece 205, Sub-Image 003 (£). The closes likely belong (and belonged) to the nearby Rainlands Farm, which figures on old OS maps as 'Rainlands House' or 'Rainlands' tout court. These …4 KB (543 words) - 19:03, 22 April 2022
- Barnesdales, Sixhills. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2023-05-18. Revised by … Two contiguous plots of land south of Sixhills (c. 21 km NE of Lincoln), are listed as 'Barnesdales' in the 1847 tithe award for Sixhills. The plots, which can still easily be located by comparing the tith map and the modern Google satellite image, are situated c. 360 m W of Sixhills Road/School Lane, halfway between Sixhills and Hainton. They were then owned by George Fieschi Heneage, Esquire, and occupied by William Neave. The northernmost and largest, No. 106 in the tithe schedule, had an area of 26 acres, 3 roods and 11 perches ( m 2 ), and its state of cultivation is listed as 'Meadow'. The southernmost and smaller, No. 105 in the schedule, had an area of 8 acres, 3 roods and 10 perches ( m 2 ), and its state of cultivation is listed as 'Pasture'. Tithe award for the parish of Stowe (1847) (Piece 20, Sub-Piece 288, Image 010, #105-106 – at The Genealogist) (£); Tithe map for the parish of …4 KB (542 words) - 14:05, 18 May 2023
- Robin Hood (Wetheral) and Robin Hood (Cotehill) By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-02-05. Revised by … In the mid-19th century, an area of arable with a few patches of wood, east and southeast of the road to Brackenbank, west of River Eden, was known locally as 'Robin Hood'. The northernmost part of this area, situated in the township of Wetheral, stretched c. 200 m north-northwest along a stretch of the road to Brackenbank where it follows a course roughly parallel to River Eden. Along the eastern edge of this field were two patches of wood, both evidently now part of Brackenbank Wood. The land now belongs to Christmas tree grower Mapa Trees Carlisle. Accordign to teh 1840 tithe award, the landowner was then Thomas Wannop, Jr., the occupier John Watson. The area of arable is cited as 6 acres and 33 perches ( m 2 ), that of wood 1 acre and 3 perches ( m 2 ), totalling some 29238 m 2. 1840 tithe award for the township of Wetheral in the Parish of Wetheral, online at the …8 KB (1,046 words) - 19:14, 22 April 2022
- The field (formerly?) known as Barnsdale Close. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-13. Revised by … A plot of land in Car Colston was known as Barnsdale Close in 1843. The close is listed as two contiguous plots in the 1843 tithe award for Car Colston, both with Henry Chettle as owner, Ann Chettle as occupier, 'Pasture' as state of cultivation, and areas of respectively 6 acres, 3 roods and 12 perches ( m 2 ), and just 34 perches ( m 2 ). 1843 tithe award for the parish of Car Colston, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 26, sub-piece 026, Image 191, items #307 and #308 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 26, sub-piece 026, Sub-Image 001 (£). While the field name may have arisen independently, it may also have been transferred from that of Barnsdale (Doncaster) or Barnsdale (Exton), or just possible that of Barnsdale (Great Easton) or Eagle Barnsdale. Only in case it was named after the area north of Doncaster is there a possible connection with …5 KB (619 words) - 18:59, 22 April 2022
- The pasture (formerly?) known as Little John Hall. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-26. Revised by … A piece of pasture on Perrymoor, near Outlay, c. 400 m south of Russels Lane, Tatham, was known as Little John Hall in the mid-19th century. In view of the names of other fields in the immediate vicinity it is quite uncertain if the part 'Little John' had anything to do with Robin Hood's second in command. The plot figures in the 1848 tithe award for the parish of Tatham, with a Robert Ayer listed as owner and occupier, an area of 2 acres, 3 perches and 17 roods ( m 2 ), and the state of cultivation given as pasture. The next close to the west, Great John Hall, a rather larger piece of pasture with an area of 5 acres, 3 perches and 13 roods ( m 2 ) was also owned and occupied by Ayer, as was John Hall Bottom, 1 rood and 19 perches ( m 2 ) of pasture located c. 115 m to the northeast of Little John Hall. 1848 tithe award for the parish of Tatham, online at the Genealogist, …6 KB (840 words) - 19:04, 22 April 2022
- The site of Robinhood Meadow. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-17. Revised by … Robinhood Meadow is listed as a field name in the 1844 tithe award for Barking. The meadow was situated on the south side of Ilford High Road, extending east from the present Riches Road to present Green Lane and about as far south as present Chamberlain Close. It covered an area of m 2. Its owner and occupier was a John Scrafton Thompson. Tithe award for Barking, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 20, Image 112, Nos. 1274 and 1274 a (£). Accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 20, Sub-Image 001 (£). The rough contours of the meadow are drawn in on one of the maps below. The area is entered in two parts in the tithe award, a fact I have attempted to reflect on the map. In addition to this, the long, narrow tongue extending left on the map is not part of the meadow proper but is entered separately from the two parts of the meadow as "Shrubbery (in Robinhood …4 KB (590 words) - 04:01, 12 February 2021
- The former Robin Hood Close. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-08-22. Revised by … Robin Hood Close is listed in the tithe award for Stanley cum Wrenthorpe (1845). It was situated on the west side of Potovens Lane, a street crossing Robin Hood's Hill in an area about equidistant from Wrenthorpe, Carr Gate and Outwood. the close covered an area which now includes the residential streets of Mount Avenue and South Park Way. At Robin Hood Hill, Potovens Lane was previously known as Robin Hood Hill Lane. On the east side of the lane, on and along Robin Hood Hill, i.e. opposite Robin Hood Close, was formerly found Robin Hood House, while at the north end of the hill, Robin Hood Bridge still takes Potovens Lane over the line of the former West Yorkshire Railway, which is now the Doncaster and Leeds Line. In 1790-91, a couple of generations before the railway came, several fields on the east side of the lane were named after Robin Hood or were still remembered to have been so: Lower …7 KB (943 words) - 19:17, 22 April 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-19. Revised by … A field or close east and north of Mollands Lane is recorded as "Little Johns" in the 1839 tithe award for South Ockendon. It was owned by Catherine Oliphant and occupied by William Mays, state of cultivation was "Arable" and area m 2. The somewhat larger ( m 2 ) close immediately east of it was entered as "Great Johns". Tithe award for "South Ockenden" [sic], online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 251, Image 016 (£); Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 251, Sub-Image 001; map (£). While it is of course a possibility that it may have been reinterpreted along such lines, it is quite uncertain if the name "Little Johns" was meant to referer to Robin Hood's second in command. Elsewhere in South Ockendon, in 1922, a smaller area of grassland was known as "Little Jennys". We also cannot be certain if "Little Johns", "Great Johns" and "Little Jennys" were thought of as being in the plural or the singular possessive, …5 KB (659 words) - 03:49, 12 February 2021
- Robinhood Field. Robinhood Field. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-09-06. Revised by … 'Robinhood Field' was (or is?) the name of the north-western part of Borrage Green, south of the Skell in Ripon. The name is first recorded in 1838. The tithe award for Ripon (1838) lists two adjacent pieces of grassland under this name, one with an area of 1 acre, 3 roods and 36 perches ( m 2 ), the other 1 acre, 3 roods and 16 perches ( m 2 ). The owner was an Elizabeth Sophia Lawrence, the occupiers John Lowley, respectively Christopher Nelson. Ripon tithe award (1838), plot Nos. 268 and 271 (The Genealogist: Piece 43, sub-piece 335, Image 323) (£); Ripon Tithe map (1838) (The Genealogist: Piece 43, sub-piece 335, Sub-Image 001) (£); Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. V, pp. 171-72, dates the tithe award 1840. The boundary between the two pieces of grassland roughly coincides with what looks like a path running NE to SW across the area on the Google satellite image (see below). Could …5 KB (646 words) - 18:58, 22 April 2022
- The former Robin Hood Inn. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-19. Revised by … The long gone Robin Hood Inn situated on the north side of Buxton Road, immediately west of Norbury Hollow Road, south of Stockport, was in existence by 1849. The pub figures as 'Robin Hood Public House' in the 1849 tithe award for Norbury Moor. The then township of Norbury, with Norbury Moor, is now part of Hazel Grove. The landowner was Thomas Legh, Esq., the occupier Elizabeth Hyde. The property covered an area of 21 perches ( m 2 ). 1849 tithe award for the 'Township of Norbury in the Parish of Stockport' [actually Norbury Moor], online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 297, Image 013, #321 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 297, Sub-Image 001, #321 (£). Also see Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a, vol. I, p. 288. A longish garden with an area of 30 perches ( m 2 ) extended westwards immediately north of – and behind – the neighbouring houses. Listed in …6 KB (758 words) - 16:44, 8 May 2022
- 'Robin Hood' was (part of) the name or description of four plots of land in Royston. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-15-11. Revised by … Robin Hood occurs as a field name or characterization of no less than four plots of land in the 1845 MS tithe award for Royston, which is now a suburban village within the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley. Three of the plots form one continuous area, while the fourth, entered separately at IRHB as Robin Hood (Royston, Barnsley) (1), is situated slightly north-west of them, the distance between it and the nearest 'Robin Hood' plot being no more than c. 35 m. The three connected plots, here treated as one area in view of their common name, and the adjacent fourth plot are best discussed together. The details provided for each in the tithe award, together with the corresponding field numbers in the earliest 25" O.S. maps (for which see below), are as follows: Plot No. 158. Name and Description of Lands and Premises: 'Humple & Robin Hood'. …11 KB (1,561 words) - 19:15, 22 April 2022
- The little field named Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-08-10. Revised by … According to an 1844 tithe award, a field in the township of Tibshelf was named Little John. The name is also found on a second tithe award schedule that was drawn up in 1926. In 1844 the field was owned by the Governors of the Hospital of St Thomas, its occupier being a John Tagg. It was characterized as a grass area, measuring 2 acres and 9 perches ( m 2 ). Cameron, Kenneth 1959a, pt. II, p. 315. Cameron dates the tithe award 1846, but the first tithe award schedule has the date 1844, the map being dated 1846. See Genealogist: piece 8, sub-piece 210, Image 038 (first schedule); Genealogist: piece 8, sub-piece 210, Sub-Image 001; Genealogist: piece 8, sub-piece 210, Image 080 (second schedule). The field is somewhat smaller than the others in the immediate vicinity. Perhaps it was this circumstance that suggested the name. IRHB does not know if the field still answers to the name of …4 KB (581 words) - 18:47, 22 April 2022
- Maiden's Well, Uttoxeter. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-18. Revised by … Photo courtesy R. B. Parish. Maiden's Well in Uttoxeter is now situated in a private garden, at 21 Highwood Road, Uttoxeter. It was formerly known as Marian's Well, or perhaps this was an alternative name; it was thus named already in 1658. A local historian suggested in 1886 that the element 'Marian' referred to Maid Marian. As late as c. 1800 the Maiden's Well was still known locally for its healing waters as well as nightly visitations by the ghost of a beautiful young lady. Yet a couple of generations later, well, waters and wraith had all been largely forgotten. Writing in the 1860s to 1880s, Uttoxeter local historian Francis Redfern believed the well dated back to the time, if not of the Celts, then the Romans or at least the Anglo-Saxons (see Allusions below). Also Redfern, Francis 1873a, see pp. 267, 270; Redfern, Francis 1873b, see p. 302. Modern archaeologists have expressed doubts about …9 KB (1,298 words) - 15:12, 17 June 2022
- The Robin Hood and Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The Robin Hood & Little John is an old pub and (more recently) restaurant. According to a previous incarnation of the pub's website it is 200 years old. It was in business by 1846. The pub is listed as 'Public House Robin Hood [with] Outbuildings and Yard' in the 1846 tithe award for Aslackby with John Taylor Marston as landowner, Joseph Seaton as occupier, no state of cultivation, and an area of 1 rood and 6 perches ( m 2 ). 1846 tithe award for Aslackby, online at the Genealogist, Piece 20, sub-piece 017, Image 017, #207 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 20, sub-piece 017, Sub-Image 001, #207 (£). The earliest map known to include the pub is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1888 (see Maps section below). Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources ⁃ 1846 tithe award for Aslackby, online at the …4 KB (444 words) - 19:19, 22 April 2022
- Little Johns, Blackmore. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-20. Revised by … The 1845 tithe award for Blackmore lists 'Little Johns' as the name of a close immediately west of Fryerning Wood. Its owner is listed as Thomas John Mattham, occupier as William Lawrence, state of cultivation as 'Pasture', area as 3 acres, state of cultivation as 'Pas[ture]', 2 roods and 1 perches ( m 2 ). Tithe award for Blackmore, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 039, Image 017 (£); Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 039, Sub-Image 001; map (£). Waller, William Chapman 1903b; see pp. 157, 170. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources ⁃ Tithe award for Blackmore, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 039, Image 017 (£) ⁃ Accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 039, Sub-Image 001 (£). Printed sources ⁃ Waller, William Chapman 1903b; see pp. 157, 170. Maps Little Johns …4 KB (425 words) - 03:48, 12 February 2021
- The former Higher Robin Hood Field. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-04. Revised by … Higher Robin Hood Field in Helsby is first recorded in 1844. It was named after the Robin Hood pub which was until recently located on the eastern corner of Chester Road and Lower Robin Hood Lane. Higher Robin Hood Field was located on the western corner of Robin Hood Lane and Chester Road, i.e. diagonally across the intersection from the pub. Higher Robin Hood Field is listed in the 1844 tithe award for Helsby with a William Forshaw as owner, John Lewis as occupier, state of cultivation as 'Arable', and an area of 1 acre, 1 rood and 4 perches ( m 2 ). Online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 199, Image 013, item 145 (£). The field extended something like 60 m south. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources ⁃ 1844 Tithe award for Helsby, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 199, Image 013, item 145 (£) …4 KB (485 words) - 18:59, 22 April 2022
- The former Lower Robin Hood Field. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-04. Revised by … Lower Robin Hood Field in Helsby is first recorded in 1844. It was named after the Robin Hood pub which was until recently located on the north-eastern corner of Chester Road and Lower Robin Hood Lane. Lower Robin Hood Field lay along the latter lane, opposite Robin Hood Field. Lower Robin Hood Field is listed in the 1844 tithe award for Helsby with a William Forshaw as owner, John Lewis as occupier, state of cultivation as 'Pasture', and an area of 10 acres, 1 rood and 9 perches ( m 2 ). Online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 199, Image 013, item 138 (£). It occupied the area from Chester Road in the east and more or less to the end of Lower Robin Hood Lane in the west, stretching about as far south as the two southern side streets of the lane. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources ⁃ 1844 Tithe award for Helsby, …4 KB (511 words) - 19:04, 22 April 2022