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- Dublin, which Little John visited for a few days according to Holinshed's Chronicles (1577). By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-02. Revised by … According to the first edition of Holinshed's Chronicles (1577), Little John, standing on Father Mathew Bridge, then known as Dublin Bridge (see 1577 Allusion below) shot an arrow that landed on a hillock that was henceforth named Little John's Shot. Or are we to think of the arrow as creating the hillock? In the chronicle, Little John sails to Ireland and stays at Dublin for a few days. The locals desire to see an example of his prowess as a longbowman. He shoots his arrow an unknown but considerable distance. However, this impressive shot makes his presence known to the authorities, and he is forced to flee from Ireland, opting to go to Scotland (see 1577 Allusion below). See page on Little John's Shot (Dublin) on the locality where the arrow was said to have landed, and Father Mathew Bridge (Dublin) for the bridge on which he …3 KB (415 words) - 04:48, 27 May 2022
- Father Mathew Bridge, formerly known as Dublin Bridge, whence Little John shot an arrow that landed on a hillock on Oxmantown Green, according to Holinshed's Chronicles (1577) By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-02. Revised by … According to the first edition of Holinshed's Chronicles (1577), Little John shot an arrow, standing on Father Mathew Bridge, then known as Dublin Bridge. The arrow landed on a hillock on Oxmantown Green, which hillock was accordingly named Little John's Shot The chronicle has Little John sailing to Ireland and staying at Dublin for a few days. The locals very much wanted to see an example of his prowess with the longbow. He shot his arrow an unknown but considerable distance. However, this feat made his presence known to the authorities, and Little John had to leave Ireland for Scotland (see 1577 Allusion below). The Dublin Bridge on which he was believed to have stood when shooting his arrow was a stone bridge built by the Dominicans in 1428. With …3 KB (464 words) - 04:48, 27 May 2022
- Uxbridge By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-28. Revised by … Record IRHB comments Ickenham, whence John Lowys came, is c. 3 km NE of Uxbridge. The latter formerly was part of the parish of Hillingdon in Middlesex but is now a town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is situated c. 24 km WNW of Charing Cross. Wikipedia: Uxbridge. The record is dated 14 Edward II, which means some time in the period 7 July 1321 to 6 July 1322. Edward II ruled from 7 July 1307 to 25 January 1327, see Wikipedia: Edward II of England. Lists ⁃ Not included in Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Printed sources ⁃ Hardy, William John 1899b, p. 99, No. 287. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: Edward II of England. ⁃ Wikipedia: Ickenham. ⁃ Wikipedia: Uxbridge. Notes2 KB (278 words) - 21:03, 8 January 2021
- Fountains Abbey. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-20. Revised by … Fountains Abbey is the home of the "Curtal Friar" and the scene of the main action of the ballad of Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar (Version A in MS of c. 1650, version B first printed 1663). This Cistercian monastery was founded in 1132 and dissolved in 1539. The ruins are a grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. Together with the gardens and adjacent deer park they form the UNESCO World Heritage site Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey. Fountains Abbey website. Although the play of Robin Hood and the Friar (printed c. 1560) has essentially the same plot as the ballad of Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar it never mentions Fountains Abbey or refers to Robin Hood's adversary as the Curtal Friar. The ballad is the first known source to connect the friar with Fountains Abbey. Within the abbey grounds lie (or lay) two places named after Robin Hood: Robin Hood's Wood …15 KB (2,051 words) - 02:29, 30 May 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-15. Revised by … Based on information from Robert Lynley. Allusion Source notes IRHB's brackets. The passage cited is part of "The Third Examination of Richard Woodman (copied with his own hand) before Dr. Langdale, Parson of Buxsted, in Sussex, and Chaplain to my Lord Montague, and Master James Gage, at my Lord Montague's House, beside St. Mary Overy's, in Southwark, the 12th day of May". Foxe, John 1837a, vol. VIII, p. 252. Note in right margin against paragraph beginning "Langdale: — "What think you": "Religion esteemed by ancestors, etc." Note in left margin at top of p. 254: Mary. A. D. 1557." Vol. VIII, p. 254, n. 1: 'Dr. Langdale seems to doubt the existence of this forester, or at least he esteemed the tenets of the Protestants as lightly as he did some of the tales connected with him: but Bayley, in his "Etymological Dictionary," informs us: "This Robin Hood was a famous robber, and storied to be an expert archer in the time of …6 KB (924 words) - 18:38, 7 January 2021
- The site of Little Barnsdale. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-03. Revised by … A field in Oswaldkirk in the North Riding of Yorkshire (now North Yorkshire) was known as Little Barnsdale in 1838. The field is listed in the tithe award for Oswaldkirk with Edward Oakley Banner, Esq., as owner, William Bland as occupier, 'Grass' as state of cultivation, and an area of 3 roods and 37 perches ( m 2 ). 1838 tithe award for the parish of Oswaldkirk, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 42, sub-piece 290, Image 069, #124 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 42, sub-piece 290, Sub-Image 001, colour (£). 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 likely connection with the Robin Hood tradition. The other Barnsdales have …4 KB (580 words) - 19:19, 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 former?) Robin Hood Croft, Tilstone Fearnall. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-28. Revised by … A plot of land located immediately west of Robin Hood's Tump in Tilstone Fearnall, Cheshire, was known as 'Robin Hood Croft' in 1840. The Tump is situated on the northwest corner of Vale Road at the point where the road turns west, c. 115 m south of Nantwich Road (A51). The Croft, immediately west of the Tump, on the north side of Vale Road, figures in the 1840 tithe award for the township of 'Alphraham' (i.e. Alpraham) in the county of Bunbury as 'Robin Hood Croft, with John Tollemache, Esq., as landowner, Richard Lamb as occupier, nothing listed for 'State of Cultivation', but its area cited as 3 roods and 20 perches ( m 2 ). 1840 tithe award for the township of 'Alphraham' (i.e. Alpraham) in the parish of Bunbury, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 010, Image 017, #53 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 010, Sub-Image 001, …5 KB (649 words) - 19:18, 22 April 2022
- (The former?) Little John Croft. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-03-01. Revised by … A potato field on the northwest side of Reed Lane, c. 450 metres northeast of Fogg's Lane, immediately east-southeast of the golf course in Antrobus, was known as 'Little John Croft' in the mid-19th century. The field figures under this name in the 1840 tithe award for the township of Antrobus in the parish of Budworth, with Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., as landowner, William Vernon as occupier, 'Potatoes' for 'State of Cultivation' and an area of 2 acres and 27 perches ( m 2 ). 1844 tithe award for the township of Antrobus in the parish of Budworth, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 016, Image 007, #70 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 016, Sub-Image 001, #70 (£). Extending about 200 metres west-northwest from Reed Lane, the roughly rectangular plot was no more than c. 35 wide at the end near the road and about 50 metres wide at the opposite …5 KB (599 words) - 19:02, 22 April 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-30. Revised by … 'Robin Hood Croft' was the name of a triangular plot of pasture on the southwest corner of Robin Hood and High Moor lanes, in the hamlet of Robin Hood, north of Appley Bridge, according to the 1841 tithe award for the 'Township of Wrightington in the parish of Eccleston'. It figures there with Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., as landowner, Edward Halliwell as occupier, pasture as state of cultivation, and an area of 2 roods and 14 perches ( m 2 ). 1841 tithe award for the 'Township of Wrightington in the parish of Eccleston', online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 350, Image 035, #953 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 350, Sub-Image 001, #953 (£). Nearly all the houses currently existing on the northwest side of Robin Hood Lane are in the area once named Robin Hood Croft. The croft is not named in the early O.S. maps listed below. MS sources ⁃ 1841 tithe award for the …5 KB (651 words) - 19:18, 22 April 2022
- The former Little John's Croft. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-29. Revised by … In 1841 a piece of pasture, practically part of the mud flats on the north bank of the Ribble, c. 1.1 km southeast of the present settlement of Warton Bank, was known as Little John's Croft. It was situated immediately south of the area now occupied by Warton Aerodrome. The plot is listed as 'Little John's Croft' in the 1841 tithe award for the township of Warton in the parish of Kirkham. Its area was 1 acre and 3 perches ( m 2 ), its owner and occupier Elizabeth Penketh, its state of cultivation meadow. 1841 tithe award for township of Warton in the parish of Kirkham, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 324, Image 018, #270 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 324, Sub-Image 001, #270 (£). The contours of the field are clearly indicated on the earliest of the 6" O.S. maps listed below. See the map detail included in the image gallery below where …5 KB (618 words) - 19:00, 22 April 2022
- Robin Hood's Hey and Summer Field. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-20. Revised by … An oat field in Burscough, Ormskirk, is recorded in 1845 under the name or description 'Robin Hoods Hey & Summer Field'. The field is included under that name in the tithe award for the township of Burscough in the Parish of Ormskirk, with 'Richard Edge, Lessee' entered as landowner, 'Richard Edge' as occupier, state of cultivation as 'Oats', and an area of 6 acres, 3 perches and 12 roods ( m 2 ). 1845 tithe award for the township of Burscough in the parish of Ormskirk, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 18, sub-piece 056, Image 051, #1447 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 18, sub-piece 056, Sub-Image 003 (£). It is unclear what suggested the name 'Robin Hoods Hey'. A likely possibility is that it referred to wild plants that grew there as an unwelcome admixture to the oats with which the field was sown. At least three wild flowering plants are or used to be …5 KB (677 words) - 19:22, 22 April 2022
- Butt Hill or Robin Hood Butts, about midway between Bentham and Clapham in Craven. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-05. Revised by … But Hill, c. 3.6 km E of Bentham and c. 3.8 km W of Clapham, in Craven, also known as 'Robin Hood But', Robin Hood Butts or Robin Hoods's Butt, is probably a natural feature. The name 'Robin Hood Butts' is first recorded with reference to this locality in the 1738 parish register of Thornton-in-Lonsdale. Chippingdall, William Harold 1931a. Not seen, but cf. Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. VI, p. 241. 'Robin Hood But' is included on Jeffery's Map of Yorkshire, prepared 1771 and published the following year (see Maps section and image gallery below). The hill or mound is probably a natural feature but was tentatively included, under the name 'Robin Hood's Butt', in a list of mottes which was published in 1889. It is noted there that it 'is a mound, but its character is doubtful'. Clark, George T 1889a, see p. 207, where the mound is incorrectly …5 KB (744 words) - 02:33, 30 May 2021
- A plot of land here was formerly known as Plumpton Park Moss. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-26. Revised by … In 1845, a plot of arable land in Tarleton was known as Plumpton Park Moss. It was situated on the east side of Johnson's Meanygate, c. 350 m north of Gorse Lane. 'Plumpton Park' is the name in the Gest of Robyn Hode of an area in Wyresdale, where King Edward discovers to his chagrin that Robin Hood has severely depleted the stock of deer. This Plumpton Park is thus not identical with that in Tarleton, but since various other localities than that in Wyresdale have been suggested as the intended locale, IRHB considers it of some interest to compile as full a list as possible of localities with this name. The field name occurs in the 1845 tithe award for the parish of Tarleton, where the landowners are recorded as Sir Thomas Hesketh and George Anthony Legh Keck, the occupier as George Dandy, its area as 3 acres and 24 perches ( m 2 ), and the state of cultivation as …5 KB (704 words) - 17:33, 17 May 2022
- Part of a field here was formerly known as Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-10. Revised by … A close in Brailsford, located c. 750 m NE of the point at Yeldersley Lane where a road leads NE to Dam and Kismet Farms, was known as Plumpton Park in 1837. Plumpton Park is also the name in the Gest of Robyn Hode of an area – probably near the home of the knight Sir Richard at the Lee – where King Edward discovers to his chagrin that Robin Hood has severely depleted the stock of deer. Though this latter Plumpton Park is most probably to be thought of as the locality in Lancashire, this is not entirely certain, and it seems best, therefore, to record all occurrences of the name. The field name occurs in the tithe award for the parish of Brailsford, where the landowner is recorded as 'Ferrers', i.e. Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers (1760–1842), Wikipedia: Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers. the occupier as John Wallbank, the state of cultivation as …5 KB (709 words) - 17:40, 17 May 2022
- (The site of) Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-30. Revised by … In 1839, a plot of pasture situated, in modern terms immediately south of the buildings of Mere Farm, south of Preston New Road (A583) and west of Fox Lane Ends (B5260), was known as Plumpton Park. This area is c. 850 m east of Little Plumpton in the township of Westby-with-Plumptons. 'Plumpton Park' is the name in the Gest of Robyn Hode of an area in Wyresdale, where King Edward discovers to his chagrin that Robin Hood has severely depleted the stock of deer. This Plumpton Park is hardly identical with the close near Westby, but since various other localities than that in Wyresdale have been suggested as the intended locale, IRHB considers it of some interest to compile as full a list as possible of localities with this name. That the township in which the present Plumpton Park was (is?) situated is named Westby-with-Plumptons is due to its comprising, in addition to Westby, both a Great and a …6 KB (765 words) - 17:32, 17 May 2022
- This area was once a barley field known as Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-23. Revised by … In 1842, a barley field in Speke, now a suburb of Liverpool, was known as Plumpton Park. In modern terms it was situated immediately south of Central Way and north of Dam Wood Road. 'Plumpton Park' is also the name in the Gest of Robyn Hode of an area in Wyresdale, where King Edward discovers to his chagrin that Robin Hood has severely depleted the stock of deer. This Plumpton Park is thus not identical with that in Speke, but since various other localities than that in Wyresdale have been suggested as the intended locale, IRHB considers it of some interest to compile as full a list as possible of localities with this name. The field name occurs in the 1842 tithe award for the 'Township of Speke in the Parish of Childwall', where the landowner is recorded as Richard Watt, Esq., the occupier as William Atherton, Jr., its area as 2 acres, 2 roods and 30 perches ( m 2 ), …6 KB (796 words) - 17:32, 17 May 2022
- Little John's Meadow was situated in the area indicated. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-14. Revised by … A meadow c. 1.5 km west of Kirkby, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, was known as 'Little Johns Meadow' in 1839. The plot figures under this name in the tithe award for Kirkby (1839), with the Earl of Sefton, i.e. William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton (1835–97), Wikipedia: William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton. as landowner, Richard Naylor as occupier, state of cultivation as '[m]eadow', 'Little Johns Meadow' as '[n]ame and description of lands and premises', and an area of 1 acre, 1 rood and 13 perches ( m 2 ). 1839 tithe award for Kirkby parish, Waltham on the Hill, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 187, Image 012, #239 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 187, Sub-Image 001, #239 (£). It was situated immediately south of a no longer existing 'Hob Lane', and plots in its immediate vicinity figure in the tithe award as …6 KB (775 words) - 19:01, 22 April 2022
- 'Little Robin Hood Hay' was the name of a close covering an area now straddling the M56. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-27. Revised by … Superimposed on a modern map, Little Robin Hood Hay in Agden, in the parish of Rostherne, Cheshire, would be seen to straddle the M56 about 100 to 200 metres (or more) West of the Reddy Lane underpass. The field name occurs in the 1848 tithe award for Agden. 'Little Robin Hood Hay' is listed there with Sir John Newdigate-Ludford-Chetwode, Baronet, as owner, Thomas Cross as occcupier, 'Arable' as state of cultivation, and an area of 2 acres, 5 roods and 17 perches ( m 2 ). 1848 tithe award for the township of Agden in the parish of Rostherne, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 006, Image 004, #60 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 006, Sub-Image 001, #60 (£). It was situated at the northwest end of a larger, irregularly shaped meadow named Robin Hood Hay tout court. Both plots are roughly …6 KB (761 words) - 16:42, 8 May 2022
- The (former?) Robin Hood Hay in Agden. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-16. Revised by … In modern terms, Robin Hood Hay in Agden, Cheshire, was situated immediately northwest of Reddy Lane and mostly south of the M56. The field name occurs in the tithe award for Agden in the parish of Rostherne (1848). A close is listed there under the name 'Robin Hood Hay', with Sir John Newdigate-Ludford-Chetwode, Baronet, as owner, Thomas Cross as occcupier, 'Meadow' as state of cultivation, and an area of 7 acres and 28 perches ( m 2 ). 1848 tithe award for the township of Agden in the parish of Rostherne, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 006, Image 0004, #62 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 05, sub-piece 006, Sub-Image 001, #62 (£). The field name is noted by John McNeal Dodgson in the English Place Name Society's survey of Cheshire. He does not cite any etymology for 'Hay', but this would seem more likely to be OE (ge)hæg, 'enclosure', or …6 KB (776 words) - 16:43, 8 May 2022