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Robin Hood's Bay. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … 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 1324–46 (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 – of which there are a substantial number – it can be found …