1845 - White, William - General Directory of Town and Borough of Sheffield (2)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Approximate location of Little John's Grave, churchyard of Hathersage Church,
Derbyshire.
Derbyshire.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-08-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.
Allusion
[1845:] Tradition says Little John, the famed gigantic companion of Robin Hood, 'lies buried in the church-yard [of Hathersage Church], with one stone at his head, and another at his feet,' and that his bow was hanging up in the church in 1652.[1]
Source notes
IRHB's brackets.
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
- 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.
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