1893 - Elliot, W Hume - Country and Church of Cheeryble Brothers

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Robin Hood's Well, Helmshore.

By {{subst:#realname:Henryfunk}}, {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}}. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-27.

Allusion

A few yards down Stake Lane is Robin Hood's Well, with an ancient well-hewn coping-stone over it of ample dimensions.

IRHB comments

'Stake Lane' is or was the local name for a stretch of Moor Road.

Lists

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.
• 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

• Elliot, W. Hume. The Country and Church of the Cheeryble Brothers (Selkirk, 1893), p. 11.

Background

• The Journal of Antiquities: Robin Hood’s Well, Helmshore, Lancashire; by Ray Spencer.

Notes

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