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- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-08. Revised by … County description The Historic Counties Trust describes Cambridgeshire as follows: Cambridgeshire is a flat county, inland but with tidal rivers deep inland. The Gogmagog … point lies near the south-east border at Camps Castle) but beneath them the Cambridgeshire landscape is generally low-lying, much of it drained fens (and still called fenland) and in some areas is at sea level or below. The northern part of Cambridgeshire is known as "The Isle of Ely", which is remarkable for its flatness and its fertile soil. The main town is the university city of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge is the oldest in Britain after Oxford, and with Oxford is the foremost. Its beautiful old colleges sit on mediæval streets and their delightful "backs", look out on the banks of the River Cam. In latter years Cambridge has attracted the computer industry and biotechnology …4 KB (541 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
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- The Market Place in Wisbech, where the Robin Hood was located. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-20. Revised by … An 1850 trade directory lists a pub named the Robin Hood at the market place in Wisbech. The proprietor was then a George Cole Thurston. Slater, Isaac 1850a, p. 55 of the Cambridgeshire section. Some of the O.S. maps listed below indicate inns and a hotel on the … 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Slater, Isaac 1850a, p. 55 of the Cambridgeshire section. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire VII.3 (1888; surveyed 1885). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire VII.3 (1902; rev. 1900) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire VII.3 (1902; rev. 1900) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire VII.3 (1927; rev. 1925) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Cambridgeshire VII.NE (1887; surveyed 1886) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Cambridgeshire …3 KB (395 words) - 01:11, 13 February 2021
- Hobson's Passage. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-23. Revised by … There was a pub named the Robin Hood in Hobson's Passage, between Hobson's and Sidney streets in Cambridge. It is recorded only in the years 1851-52. Information from trade directories for those years can be found at Pub History. Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, Hobson’s Passage, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The 25" O.S. map of Cambridge published in 1927 has 'Hobson Place' instead … Sources ⁃ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, Hobson’s Passage, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire XLVII.2 (1887; surveyed 1885). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire XLVII.2 (1903; rev. 1901) …4 KB (450 words) - 16:31, 3 May 2022
- Reaney, P.H. The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely (English Place-Name Society, vol. XIX). Cambridge: At the … (1 fold.) 21.5 x 14 cm. Citation ⁃ Reaney, P.H. The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely (English Place-Name Society, vol. XIX) (Cambridge, 1943)538 bytes (60 words) - 01:48, 9 January 2021
- Reaney, P.H. The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely (English Place-Name Society, vol. XIX). Reprinted. … (1 fold.) 21.5 x 14 cm. Citation ⁃ Reaney, P.H. The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely (English Place-Name Society, vol. XIX) (Cambridge, 1973)549 bytes (61 words) - 01:48, 9 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … Robin Hood place-names, localities with local traditions, literary locales etc. in Litlington (Cambridgeshire)980 bytes (105 words) - 04:46, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-26. Revised by … Robin Hood place-names, localities with local traditions, literary locales etc. in Cherry Hinton (Cambridgeshire):984 bytes (106 words) - 04:45, 27 May 2022
- Clark, J. G. D. ' A Report on Trial Excavations at Limlow Hill, Littlington, Cambridgeshire ', Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. XXXVIII ( 1938 ), pp, 170-76 . Downloads ⁃ PDF.2 KB (190 words) - 11:58, 14 April 2021
- The Highway man, formerly Robin Hood and Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-24. Revised by … 'Robin Hood and Little John' was the former name of a pub now named 'The Highway Man' in Walton Highway, West Walton, Norfolk, not far from the pre-1972 Cambridgeshire/Norfolk county boundary. According to the 1861 census as well as that of 1871, the publicans were then Robert and Elizabeth Gathergood. [Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network: Wisbech: The Robin Hood public house, Walton Highway.] Probably the name of the pub was already at that time 'Robin Hood and Little John'. It is found under this name on an 1887 O.S. 6" map of Norfolk. Later 6" O.S. maps indicate a public house but do not include its name. Richard Humphrey in the information provided with his 2010 photo (see Image Gallery below) notes that the Highway Man was "[f]ormerly called The Robin Hood". Geograph: TF4913: The Highwayman pub, Walton Highway. I do not know when the pub lost its Robin Hood …5 KB (656 words) - 13:54, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-08. Revised by … County description The Historic Counties Trust describes Cambridgeshire as follows: Cambridgeshire is a flat county, inland but with tidal rivers deep inland. The Gogmagog … point lies near the south-east border at Camps Castle) but beneath them the Cambridgeshire landscape is generally low-lying, much of it drained fens (and still called fenland) and in some areas is at sea level or below. The northern part of Cambridgeshire is known as "The Isle of Ely", which is remarkable for its flatness and its fertile soil. The main town is the university city of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge is the oldest in Britain after Oxford, and with Oxford is the foremost. Its beautiful old colleges sit on mediæval streets and their delightful "backs", look out on the banks of the River Cam. In latter years Cambridge has attracted the computer industry and biotechnology …4 KB (541 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- Site of Scarlett's Farm, West Wratting. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-11-30. Revised by … Record Source notes P.H. Reaney believes that Scarlett's Farm, indicated on a 6" O.S. map of West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, is "probably to be associated with" the family of this William Scarlet. … see 121 for the parish name, p. xl for MS source. Maps ⁃ 6" O.S. map Cambridgeshire LW.NE (1903; rev. 1901). Background ⁃ Wikipedia: West Wratting Also see ⁃ Persons named William Scathlock (links). Notes2 KB (229 words) - 07:33, 17 May 2022
- Robin Hood Dip. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Robin Hood Dip is a local name for a pool in a park across the High Street from a pub known since c. 1960 as Robin Hood & Little John but more recently renamed the Robin Hood. Presumably it was the proximity to the pub that inspired the name Robin Hood Dip, which would therefore have arisen c. 1960 or later. In the 'dip' is a tiny island called the Giant's Grave. It is thought that the giant in question was Gogmagog. Robin Hood Dip is also known locally as the Springhead or the Spring. In the 19th century, this natural well supplied water to the city of Cambridge. Of a small bridge which then led to the island only two large stones now remain. Quotations Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a|Dobson & Taylor, pp. 293-311. Primary sources ⁃ Friends of Cherry Hinton Hall: Giants Grave PDF leaflet (on history, archaeology, botany etc.) ⁃ Friends of Cherry Hinton …5 KB (746 words) - 07:25, 8 June 2022
- Litlington Chalk Pit. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … According to local tradition, Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on Limlow Hill 700 m to the east which, according to one version, landed in the chalk pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow fell on Ermine Street c. 2.5 km away. Whichever way the arrow fell, the tradition was supposedly commemorated in the name of the Robin Hood & Little John inn in Litlington, which was established by 1811 and closed in 1910. Its is hardly possible to say how much older this tradition may be. The chalk pit is now a County Wildlife Site under habitat restoration managed and owned by the South Cambridgeshire District Council. Quotations One source [Courcy-Ireland Courcy-Ireland, Magens de. History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington: Churches & Parishes, with the Manors (Royston, 1944), p. 48. ] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres …5 KB (666 words) - 00:28, 6 January 2021
- The former Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-25. Revised by … At least for thirty years or so inhabitants of Upper Green, Langley, Essex, could quench their thirst at the Robin Hood on Bull Lane. The Pub Wiki lists records for the years 1933-37 only. Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, Langley; also see there: The Essex 1937 Pub Directory - Ro. However, we can extend the documented life of this pub a bit, for it is included on a 25" O.S. map of the area published in 1921 (surveyed 1919) and on 6" O.S. maps published in 1924 (rev. 1919), 1950 (rev. 1946–49) and 1951 (rev. 1946). It is labelled 'B.H. (for 'beer house') on the maps (see Maps below). Websites listing real estate sales know the building as the 'Old Robin Hood'. See for instance Zoopla: The Old Robin Hood, Langley Upper Green, Saffron Walden CB11 4RU. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Pub Wiki: Robin Hood, Langley. Also see there: The Essex …5 KB (599 words) - 16:43, 8 May 2022
- North to south: Fulbourn (Cambridgeshire) and Great Dunmow (Essex). By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-16. Revised by … Record [16 Oct. 1373:] [Pardon of outlawry to] John Boys of Great Dunmowe, for non-appearance to answer John Petyt of Fulburn, chaplain, touching a plea of debt of 20 marks. London. Isaacson, Robert F 1914a, p. 342. Source notes Membrane 25 of the Patent Roll for 47 Edward III – Part II. Marginal note: "16 October. Westminster". IRHB's brackets. Lists ⁃ Not included in Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Sources ⁃ Isaacson, Robert F 1914a, p. 342. Also see ⁃ Persons named Little John (links). Notes1 KB (182 words) - 21:05, 8 January 2021
- The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07.Revised by … The Robin Hood in Cherry Hinton is an old pub. The first notice I have so far found of it is a reply to a query regarding 'Poetical Tavern Signs' in Notes & Queries in April 1854, where a P.J.F. Gantillon notes that "The Robin Hood inscription is found, with a very little variation, in front of a public-house at Cherryhinton [sic], at the corner of the road to Fulbourn [...]". Gantillon, P J F 1854a. The type of inscription Gantillon has in mind is exemplified by this one from Castleton near Whitby: To gentlemen and yeomen good, Come in and drink with Robin Hood; If Robin Hood is not at home, Come in and drink with Little John. M, F 1853a. The original building, a thatched cottage, was demolished in 1960 or earlier and replaced by the present building, at which time the establishment was given the name Robin Hood & Little John, which it retained as late as November 2007. Subsequently the name has been changed …6 KB (913 words) - 15:28, 5 May 2022
- Slater, Isaac, compil. Slater's (Late Pigot & Co.) Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the Counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Suffolk. Comprising Classified Lists of the Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentlemen, Manufacturers and Traders, in the Above Counties, also of the Nobility, Gentry and Clergy; together with Alphabetical Lists of the Inhabitants of the Larger and more Populous Towns; with Historical Sketches of Each County, Town and Village. An Account of Every Conveyance by Rail, Road and Water: the Postal Regulations of Each Place, and a Variety of Miscellaneous Information. The Bankers of the United Kingdom with Their Branches, are appended to the Directory. The work is embellished with beautiful county maps, upon which is conspicuously laid down every railway. Manchester and London: Printed and published by Isaac Slater, 1850. [viii], 36, [1], 40, [1], 56, [1], 20, [1], 126, [1], 46, …2 KB (210 words) - 03:16, 9 January 2021
- Robin Hood and Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … This inn located somewhere in the village of Litlington is first mentioned in 1811. It closed in c. 1910. British History Online: Litlington; web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66. Its name is supposed to have been inspired by a local tradition that Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on Limlow Hill which, according to one version, landed in Litlington Chalk Pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow fell on Ermine Street c. 2.5 km away (apparently without growing into a thorn tree). Quotations Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Cambridgeshire Record Office, 296/SP 454. Mentions closing of the inn in 1910 cf. British History Online (see below). Not seen ⁃ Cambridge Chronicle, Aug. 23, 1811. Cf. British …5 KB (693 words) - 01:15, 13 February 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-08. Revised by … County description The Historic Counties Trust describes Huntingdonshire as follows: One of the smallest of the counties, Huntingdonshire is a county of pretty little villages, with no major towns until the Peterborough suburbs at the county's northern fringe. It lies between Cambridgeshire to the east and Northamptonshire and Bedforshire on the west. Huntingdonshire is roughly rhomboid in shape, centered on Huntingdon, and the meeting of the Great North Road (now the A1) and the route from east coast to the Midland towns, now the A14. The four towns of Huntingdonshire are St Neots, St Ives, Ramsey and Huntingdon itself; three mediæval abbey towns and the fortress of the Ouse. Huntingdonshire is almost entirely flat. The south of the county is a network of villages surrounded by mixed farming. North of Huntingdon the land lies within the Great Fen, long since drained and converted into broad, fertile arable fields. Much of …3 KB (473 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- Hughes, Professor. 'Notes on Limblow Hill, near Royston, Cambridgeshire', Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 6, part 3 (1891), pp. 395-96 . The identification of 'Professor Hughes' as Thomas McKenny Hughes (1832–1917) is based on his being a profssor of geology, having an interest in archaeology and being a member of the Council of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. For his membership of the council of the society see the second (unnumbered) page in the PDF linked to above under 'Downloads'. Downloads ⁃ PDF. Notes1,001 bytes (123 words) - 03:38, 9 January 2021
- The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Housed in a Grade II listed, altered 18th century building, the Robin Hood at 11 Market Hill in St Ives traded under that name from 1795 or earlier to March 2012, when it closed. As of 2017 there were said to be plans to reopen it as a restaurant/bar. Geograph: The Robin Hood, 11 Market Hill, Saint Ives; by Jo Turner. Before the Robin Hood came into existence, two pubs occupied the site: the Angel and the Swan. At least one of these may have dated back to the 15th century, for during work on the building in 2014 part of a roof of that date was found incorporated into the present structure. By 1789, when the properties were purchased by Thomas Tenison, archbishop of Canterbury, the Angel had become the White Swan and the previously single Swan had become the Three Swans. The Angel/White Swan, the eastern half of the present structure, was occupied by other businesses from 1806, being a hairdresser's from the …5 KB (761 words) - 15:31, 5 May 2022