1730 - Gent, Thomas - History of York (2)

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

Allusion

Over a Spring, call'd Robin Hood's Well, (3 or 4 Miles this Side of Doncaster, and but a Quarter if a Mile only from 2 Towns call'd Skelbrough and Bourwallis) is a very handsome Stone Arch, erected by the Lord Carlisle, where [p. 235:] Passengers from the Coach frequently drink of the fair Water, and give their Charity to two People who attend there.

IRHB comments

Continued immediately from that of the allusion 1730 - Gent, Thomas - History of York (1), the text of this allusion is continued immediately in 1730 - Gent, Thomas - History of York (3).

Lists

• Not in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976).
• Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Sources

• Gent, Thomas. The Antient and Modern History of the Famous City of York (York and London, 1730), pp. 234-35.

Notes

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