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- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-11. Revised by … Introduction This page lists Robin Hood related place-names in present-day Greater London. Some of these are located in areas that formerly belonged to neighbouring (historic) counties. Lists and gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 299-300. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: London. Neighbours ⁃ Buckinghamshire ⁃ Essex ⁃ Hertfordshire ⁃ Kent ⁃ Middlesex ⁃ Surrey. Notes1 KB (139 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
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- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … Introduction This page lists, and provides data summaries of, East Riding of Yorkshire place-names. Similar pages exist for the North, and West Ridings as well as for the entire shire. Lists and gazetteers ⁃ Nothing in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311 ⁃ Smith, Albert Hugh 1937a ⁃⁃ Smith, Albert Hugh 1970a. Background ⁃ The Historic counties Trust: Historic counties Descriptions. Neighbours ⁃ Lincolnshire ⁃ North Riding of Yorkshire ⁃ Nottinghamshire ⁃ West Riding of Yorkshire ⁃ Yorkshire. Also see ⁃ North Riding of Yorkshire place-names ⁃ West Riding of Yorkshire place-names ⁃ Yorkshire place-names. Notes2 KB (207 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-04-22. Revised by … The list includes gazetteers, lists, and monographs on Robin Hood place-names. These all focus on English place-names. Sources dealing only with specific counties or localities are found under the county/localitiy in question. ⁃ … pp. 293-311: "A Select List of Robin Hood Place-Names", including some 120 English Robin Hood place-names, excluding street names, inn names and field-names. ⁃ Midgley Webpages: Places which carry the name Robin Hood/Little John. Includes some 150 place-names. ⁃ Mitchell, William Reginald 1970a. ⁃⁃ Mitchell, William Reginald 1978a. ⁃ Robin Hood: The Facts and the Fiction - Robin Hood Place Names. Chief source is Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-3112 KB (213 words) - 11:22, 17 June 2022
- • Map of English place-names – may take a while to open – open on new tab By … persons named Robin/Robert Hood or surnamed Littlejohn etc., localities with local traditions relating to Robin Hood or subsidiary characters, and localities that are mentioned or figure as locale in ballads, tales and dramas, mainly before c. 1600. Each locality has a page of its own, but the amount of detail provided varies considerably. For Robin Hood-related place-names in evidence in the Medieval or Early Modern period I generally provide more …3 KB (462 words) - 12:43, 17 June 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … Introduction This page lists, and provides data summaries of, North Riding of Yorkshire place-names. Similar pages exist for the East, and West Ridings as well as for the entire shire. A systematic search for relevant field names in all tithe awards for North Riding townships Online at The Genealogist (£). was completed on 9 Sep. 2020. Everything found in the course of this search has a page of its own in this section of IRHB. However, there is still a brief list of place-names to be added from early Ordnance Survey maps, the English Place-Name Society's volume on the North Riding of Yorkshire, Smith, Albert Hugh 1928a. and Dobson & Taylor's list of Robin Hood-related place-names. Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a|Dobson & Taylor, pp. 306-307. Lists and gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 305-307 ⁃ Smith, Albert Hugh 1928a. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: North Riding of Yorkshire. …2 KB (310 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by … Introduction This page lists, and provides data summaries of, West Riding of Yorkshire place-names. Similar pages exist for the East, and North Ridings as well as for the entire shire. A systematic search for relevant field names in all tithe awards for West Riding townships Online at The Genealogist (£). was completed on 20 June 2020. Everything found in the course of this search has a page of its own in this section of IRHB. Since all relevant field names (as well as place-names) found in Smith's Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a are also included, it is perhaps not too optimistic to think that IRHBs' coverage of Robin Hood-related field names in the West Riding is close to exhaustive. There is still a fairly short list of place-names to be added from 25" and 6" Ordnance Survey maps. Lists and Gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 307-11. ⁃ Smith, Albert …3 KB (339 words) - 05:07, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-11. Revised by … Introduction This page lists Robin Hood-related place-names in British areas outside England as well as territories formerly British or English. A list of English counties and shires, including separate entries for London and the three historic … clusters Jersey Pale of Calais From 1347 to 1558, Calais was an English territory known as the Pale of Calais. Scotland Wales2 KB (309 words) - 11:21, 17 June 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-20. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Bedfordshire as follows: Bedfordshire is a relatively small … development around many towns. The main town is Luton, an industrial town with a major airport. Bedford itself, is smaller, but a thriving town nevertheless. While no "New Towns" were planted in Bedfordshire, Bedford, Luton and several towns have been the subject of similar planned expansion, influenced by the A1, which runs through the centre of the county, and the M1 in its south. Nevertheless, away from the main towns Bedfordshire …3 KB (411 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Buckinghamshire as follows: A distinctively shaped inland … through the south of the county, give the shire much of its character; with beech woods in the west, rising to higher, more windswept landscape around Ivinghoe Beacon, and all full of pretty villages of flint and thatch. It provides fine walking country. The more gentle, pastoral Vale of Aylesbury lies north of the Chilterns. Buckinghamshire's short southern border is the River Thames, which above Slough is considered the finest stretch of that river. In the north of the county, along the Great Ouse, Milton Keynes spreads across the landscape; an ambitious, planned New Town of the 1970's, in sharp contrast to Buckingham to the west, an ancient and very picturesque town. Main Towns: Aylesbury, Beaconsfiled, Buckingham, Chalfont St Giles, Eton, High Wycombe, …3 KB (425 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-01. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Berkshire as follows: Berkshire's northern border runs for more than 100 miles along the south bank of the Thames. It stretches from Windsor in the east up to the borders of Gloucestershire in the west. The River Thames provides, apart from the northern border, fertile farmland. In western Berkshire rise the Berkshire Downs, rising to about 1,000 feet. From them is much beautiful and wooded river scenery down to Reading. The prehistoric Ridgeway runs along the Berkshire Downs, above the pleasant Vale of White Horse. There the famous White Horse of Uffington is the major landmark. The main town is Reading, though historically the county town is Abingdon. The Shire Hall in Abingdon is one of the earliest and finest of the seventeenth century public halls. Reading, Bracknell and other Berkshire towns are growing and thriving on the computer industry, becoming known as …3 KB (434 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Hertfordshire as follows: Hertfordshire, particularly … and unspoilt. The west of Hertfordshire rises into the edge of the Chilterns, with its typical small villages and beechwoods. From the Colne Valley's birch and … city of Verulamium. Hertford, the county town, combines the old market town with a busy modern outer town. …3 KB (419 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- 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 … 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
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Leicestershire as follows: Leicestershire is a Midland … but also as an industrial one. Leicester, the county town is a historic city with Roman, Viking and Mediæval roots under a substantial modern city undergoing great social transformation. Leicestershire has a wealth of coal seams. Northern Leicestershire is greatly transformed by coal mining. Coalville, northwest of Leicester, was founded on and sustained by the mines, a centre among other mining centres. The rest of the county is famed for its scenery, including the hilly Charnwood Forest, rising above 900 feet and the Wolds in the northeast. In this unindustrial part of Leicestershire are many charming villages and rich farmland. Melton Mowbury, at the heart of fox-hunting country in the east of the shire, is the home of the eponymous pork pie. (Stilton cheese is also from …4 KB (448 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Worcestershire as follows: Worcestershire is a mixture of the … west Herefordshire. The boundaries of Worcestershire are remarkably ragged, with many detached parts, all thought to originate from the scattered holdings of … southeast is the pleasant Vale of Evesham, presided over by Evesham, popular with visitors. In the southwest are the pretty Malvern Hills, a gentle set of hills in Worcestershire before the rigours of the Herefordshire peaks. Great Malvern is a lovely spa town. The northwest of Worcestershire is a complete …4 KB (475 words) - 05:07, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-18. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Dorset as follows: Dorset is a Wessex county of chalk downs, … bank runs some eight miles to the Isle of Portland, projecting into the English Channel south from Weymouth. Weymouth and Poole Harbour are top yachting havens. Poole Harbour, a great island-studded inlet between Purbeck and the town of Poole, is one of the …3 KB (440 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Cheshire as follows: West to east, Cheshire reaches from the windswept Wirral peninsula up into the Peak District. The north encompasses industrial towns and the suburbs from Manchester and Liverpool, fading into the agricultural south of the county. Cheshire has been called "the Surrey of the North". The City of Chester retains many mediæval features, including the only surviving complete town wall walk. Inland Cheshire forms a vast plain separating the mountains of Wales from the Peak District of Derbyshire. In the Cheshire plain are fine oak woodlands and countless small lakes or meres. At the county's western extremity is the Wirral, a flat peninsula some 12 miles long by 7 miles wide separating the Dee and the Mersey. The Wirral is now largely urbanized. At its easternmost extremity the parish of Tintwistle runs up into the Peaks; a narrow strip between …3 KB (445 words) - 11:19, 6 June 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-15. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Gloucestershire as follows: Gloucester is a large county stretching, west to east, from the Welsh border to Berkshire and, south to north, from Somerset to Warwickshire. It is split by the Severn on which sits the City of Gloucester. Gloucestershire has three distinct parts. The best known part is the Cotswold Hills, which cover the east of the county, and spread also into Oxfordshire. The Cotswolds are famed for the beauty of their villages and the landscape. The Cotswolds remain a wealthy sheep-farming region. Locally quarried Cotswold stone is used ubiquitously throughout the Cotswolds, producing picture-postcard, honey coloured towns and villages. The Severn Vale by contrast is flat and shaped by the great river. Gloucester though apparantly inland is a port relying on the river, while further north is historic Tewkesbury, on a slight rise in the flat Vale from …4 KB (479 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- 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 …3 KB (432 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-16. Revised by … County description The Historic counties Trust describes Derbyshire as follows: Derbyshire has four distinct areas but all together creating the whole. Much of southern Derbyshire lies in the green Trent Valley. Derby itself, a cathedral city, is a major midland industrial town, currently trying to diversify. The Derwent runs through the eastern edge of Derby, southward towards the Trent. From the northern edge of Derby the hills begin to rise at once and the rolling hills of the Derbyshire Dales begin. This area is an in between land, for beyond the farms of the hills and dales, the land becomes rougher and the hills become the high, dramatic moors of Peak District, an area of glorious scenery. The mountains in the High Peak, take up the whole northwest of the county. The Pennine Way begins at Edale in the Peak District, drawing hikers in their hundreds each week. The rest of the Peak District should not be neglected …4 KB (507 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022