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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-13. Revised by … 'RobinHood' is listed in James Orchard Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) as a popular name for red campion, Silene dioica. Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard 1847a, vol. II, p. 688 s.n. RobinHood. According to Halliwell, the name was then used in the West of England. He may have chosen the spelling 'RobinHood' because this was the form under which the name appeared in the first known (1844) source to mention it (see Quotations section below). Red campion is a herbaceous flowering plant of the family Caryophyllaceae that grows on damp, non-acid soils, in … 1865, 1869, 1872, 1874, 1881, 1889, 1904, 1970, 1973 ), vol. II, p. 688 s.n. RobinHood. ⁃ Wright, Thomas 1857a, vol. II, p. 806, s.n. RobinHood. Lists …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-06-12. Revised by … Allusion Source notes Barnes, p. 303: "Eltrot. Eldroot. In Somersetshire, Oldroot or oldroot. A. S. eald, and root. The stalk and umbel of the wild parsley." Barnes, p. 343: "RobinHood. The red campion, Lychnus sylvestris, and the Ragged Robin, Lychnus flos cuculi." IRHB comments The proper name for Lychnus sylvestris is Silene dioica. See Catalogue of Life. Several plants are known as "eltrot". See Wikipedia: Heracleum_sphondylium Barnes takes it … section above), but "wild parsley" can again refer to several species of plant. Wikipedia: Parsley (disambiguation). Lists ⁃ Not included in … Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-11. ⁃ N.E.D., vol. VIII, pt. I, p. 736, s.n. Robin Hood, sb., 3 b. ⁃ Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Sources ⁃ Barnes, William 1844a, p. 105. Background ⁃ Catalogue of Life ⁃ …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-07-26. Revised by … The author R.M. Gilchrist noted in 1913 that Lychnis flos-cuculi, commonly called Ragged-Robin, was known by the outlaw's name in several English counties. Gilchrist, Robert Murray 1913a, p. 24. Was it simply the element 'Robin' in the most common folk-name for this plant that led to the adoption of the alternative name of 'Robin Hood'? In any case, the first occurrence yet found of this folk name is dated 1844 (see Quotations section below) The plant is herbaceous and perennial, belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Native … As a consequence of modern farming techniques and draining of wet-lands the plant is no longer as common in Britain as it used to be. The plant forms a rosette of low-growing foliage with numerous 20-90 cm tall flower stems which rise above the foliage and branch near the top of the stem, ending in pink flowers that are 3-4 cm across. The …

Brize Norton where RobinHoods Close was located. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-13. Revised by … 'RobinHoods Close' figures as a Brize Norton field name in a 1777 enclosure award. Margaret Gelling makes an interesting suggestion with regard to its etymology, noting that "RobinHood is used in dialect of several plants". Gelling, Margaret 1953a, pt. II, p. 308, and see p. 306 for the township, I, p. xxxiv for the MS source. Italics as in Gelling. 'RobinHood' or 'Robin Hood' is known to have been used as a folk name for Silene dioica (first recorded 1847; a.k.a. 'red campion'), Geranium robertianum (1913; … 'death come quickly' etc.) and Lychnis flos-cuculi (1913; a.k.a. 'Ragged-Robin') (see section 'Also see' below). The suggested etymology would imply that the plant name was in use nearly 80 years before the first certain record, which may of course well have been the case. As one would expect, field names inspired by local vegetation are very common. Thus …

'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 … 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 … 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'. …

Short introduction We hope that this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand name. It is called 'International' because in addition to the vast amount of … secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably 'Bibliography' is a misnomer as the site already includes a … aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so another name had to be found for the site. Latest news NEW subsite: IRHB Editions, … tithe awards for the following English counties have now been searched for Robin Hood-related place names: …