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T., H.O. . : , . CiTaTiOn &Hybull; T., H.O. THe Bank. RObin HOOds Bay (THe "Queen" Series 2068) (ScarbOrOugH, [s.d.]) .

RObin HOOd's Bay. By Henrik THiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by &Hellip; EnTry based in parT On infOrmaTiOn frOm ROberT Lynley. RObin HOOd's Bay is THe name Of a bay On THe NOrTH YOrksHire cOasT, 8 km sOuTH Of WHiTby, as well as a picTuresque village On THe nOrTH side Of THe bay. CiTed as "RObyn Oeds Bay" in a leTTer senT frOm THe cOunT Of Flanders TO a King Edward (prObably Edward II, pOssibly Edward III) sOme Time in THe periOd 1324&ndasH;46 (see AllusiOns belOw), RObin HOOd's Bay is THe earliesT recOrded Of all RObin HOOd place-names. FisHing was THe main indusTry aT RObin HOOd's Bay unTil WOrld War I, buT already THen THis liTTle picTuresque TOwn by THe sea Had becOme sOmeTHing Of a TOurisT magneT. IT is nOw a summer HOliday resOrT fOr well-Heeled EnglisHmen. THe lOcal cOllOquial name fOr THe TOwn is simply Bay; Pease, Alfred Edward 1928a, Appendix IV (unpaginaTed). On early 20TH cenTury pOsTcards &ndasH; Of wHicH THere are a subsTanTial number &ndasH; iT can be fOund &Hellip;