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Anonymous. The Room Robin Hood died in. [s.l.]: [s.n.], [s.d.] Divided back picture postcard (b./w.). On verso: "POST CARD", "FOR INLAND POSTAGE ONLY THIS | SPACE MAY NOW BE USED FOR | COMMUNICATION", "THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN HERE", "INLAND | ½ D", "FOREIGN | 1 D", "BY". Citation ⁃ Anonymous. The Room Robin Hood died in ([s.l.], [s.d.]) .

The Gatehouse By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The Gatehouse at Kirklees is where, according to tradition, Robin Hood shot his last arrow and died. He was to be buried where the arrow landed (see Robin Hood's Grave ). The Gatehouse is the only part of Kirklees Priory left, and it seems to have been extensively rebuilt during the Elizabethan … of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1906, the then owner of the Kirklees estate, George John Armytage, had this to say about the Gatehouse: There is a mention of an old almshouse without the gate, and another, 40 feet long and 18 feet broad, by the beck side. This may refer to the present gate-house now standing [...]. This is supposed to be the house in which Robin Hood died, but that is another history, to which I do not propose to refer to-night. Mr. Bilson, however, thinks that this is a post-dissolution building. It has evidently been built at two different periods, the …

Robin Hood's Grave. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-06. Revised by … Situated in a wooded spot within Kirklees Park, c. 650 m. SW of Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, in the grounds of the long gone Kirklees Priory, this is one of the most well known and important localities connected with Robin Hood. As noted under Kirklees Priory, traditions connecting Robin Hood with the Priory go back at least to the late 15th century. It is possible that there was originally at Kirklees a grave in which a person named Robert Hood (or similar) was buried. If this … but it is likely the original grave was located elsewhere within the Priory grounds. The garland version of the ballad of Robin Hood's Death (c. 1767) includes the earliest version of the famous …

Kirklees Priory. ] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-05. Revised by … Kirklees Priory was a small Cistercian Priory, founded in the early 12th century Clay, C T 1954a, see p. 355. or during … S J 1901a, p. 323 n. 1. The only surviving part of the buildings is the Gatehouse, rebuilt in the Elizabethan period and situated on the outskirts of Kirklees Park, c. 650 m. NE of Robin Hood's Grave. According to the Gest (see Evidence below) and later sources, it was at Kirklees that Robin Hood was killed through the treachery of his cousin the prioress. Kirklees is in the township of Hartshead-cum-Clifton and in the ancient parish of Dewsbury. It occurs in the records from 1202 on as "Kirkeley", "Kyrkeleis", "Kyrkesley" and through metathesis as "Crickeleys". The strange form "Kuthelaga" has also been recorded. The etymology of the name, a compound of ON kirkja and OE lēah, is "church clearing(s)", …