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[[File:Geograph-2557128-by-JThomas.jpg|500px|right|thumb|The Angel Inn / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/more.php?id=2557128 J. Thomas].]] | [[File:Geograph-2557128-by-JThomas.jpg|500px|right|thumb|The Angel Inn / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/more.php?id=2557128 J. Thomas].]] | ||
[[File:Blyth.jpg|500px|thumb|right|May Day at Hodsock priory, Blyth / [http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g504060-i77494181-Blyth_Nottinghamshire_England.html#77494317 TripAdvisor.com], uploaded by user George B.]] | [[File:Blyth.jpg|500px|thumb|right|May Day at Hodsock priory, Blyth / [http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g504060-i77494181-Blyth_Nottinghamshire_England.html#77494317 TripAdvisor.com], uploaded by user George B.]]<div class="no-img"> | ||
<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-10. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-10. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
<p>The north Nottinghamshire village of Blyth is mentioned twice in the ''[[Gest of Robyn Hode|Gest]]'' (see Evidence below). It is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), where it occurs as "Blide".<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, p. 68.</ref> The village is located on the A1, the Great North Road. In the Middle Ages it was a rather more substantial town than now. It had two leper hospitals, a priory, three hermitages as well as markets and fairs. Of its former glory little now remains.<ref>See [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/doubleday/blyth1.htm Nottinghamshire History: The departed glories of Blyth.]</ref></p>{{#ask:[[Category:Records ({{PAGENAME}})]]|format=embedded|embedformat=h3|columns=1|limit=1000|sort=Utitle|intro=<h2>Records</h2><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed records" data-expandtext="Show records" data-collapsetext="Hide records">|outro=</div>}} | |||
<p>The north Nottinghamshire village of Blyth is mentioned twice in the ''[[Gest of Robyn Hode|Gest]]'' (see Evidence below). It is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), where it occurs as "Blide".<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, p. 68.</ref> The village is located on the A1, the Great North Road. In the Middle Ages it was a rather more substantial town than now. It had two leper hospitals, a priory, three hermitages as well as markets and fairs. Of its former glory little now remains.<ref>See [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/doubleday/blyth1.htm Nottinghamshire History: The departed glories of Blyth.]</ref></p> | {{#ask:[[Category:Allusions ({{PAGENAME}})]]|format=embedded|embedformat=h3|columns=1|limit=1000|sort=Utitle|intro=<h2>Allusions</h2><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed allusions" data-expandtext="Show allusions" data-collapsetext="Hide allusions">|outro=</div>}} | ||
== Quotations == | |||
{{quote|[''Gest''; c. 1500:]<br/>My purpos was to have dyned to day<br/>At Blith or Dancastere<ref>''[[Gest of Robyn Hode]]'', st. 27.</ref><br/> | |||
<br/>For better chepe I myght have dyned<br/>In Blythe or in Dankastere<ref>''[[Gest of Robyn Hode]]'', st. 259.</ref>}} | |||
== Sources == | |||
* [[Gest of Robyn Hode|A Gest of Robyn Hode]] (Child 117), sts. 27, 259. | * [[Gest of Robyn Hode|A Gest of Robyn Hode]] (Child 117), sts. 27, 259. | ||
* {{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, pp. 68-69. | * {{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, pp. 68-69. | ||
== Maps == | |||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101602110#zoom=4&lat=2192&lon=6434&layers=BT O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1885; surveyed 1885)] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101602110#zoom=4&lat=2192&lon=6434&layers=BT O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1885; surveyed 1885)] | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101602107#zoom=4&lat=1954&lon=6236&layers=BT O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1900; rev. 1897)] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101602107#zoom=4&lat=1954&lon=6236&layers=BT O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1900; rev. 1897)] | ||
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101602101#zoom=4&lat=2159&lon=6392&layers=BT O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1950; rev. 1948).] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101602101#zoom=4&lat=2159&lon=6392&layers=BT O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1950; rev. 1948).] | ||
== Background == | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyth,_Nottinghamshire Wikipedia: Blyth, Nottinghamshire.] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyth,_Nottinghamshire Wikipedia: Blyth, Nottinghamshire.] | ||
* [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/doubleday/blyth1.htm Nottinghamshire History: The departed glories of Blyth.] | * [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/doubleday/blyth1.htm Nottinghamshire History: The departed glories of Blyth.] | ||
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== Notes == | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:28, 6 January 2021
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.377072, -1.061938 |
| Adm. div. | Nottinghamshire |
| Vicinity | 16 km SSE of Doncaster |
| Type | Settlement |
| Interest | Literary locale |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | c. 1500 |
Blyth.
The Angel Inn / J. Thomas.
May Day at Hodsock priory, Blyth / TripAdvisor.com, uploaded by user George B.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
The north Nottinghamshire village of Blyth is mentioned twice in the Gest (see Evidence below). It is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), where it occurs as "Blide".[1] The village is located on the A1, the Great North Road. In the Middle Ages it was a rather more substantial town than now. It had two leper hospitals, a priory, three hermitages as well as markets and fairs. Of its former glory little now remains.[2]
Quotations
[Gest; c. 1500:]
My purpos was to have dyned to day
At Blith or Dancastere[3]
For better chepe I myght have dyned
In Blythe or in Dankastere[4]
Sources
- A Gest of Robyn Hode (Child 117), sts. 27, 259.
- Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M. The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XVII) (Cambridge, 1940), pp. 68-69.
Maps
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1885; surveyed 1885)
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1900; rev. 1897)
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1922; rev. 1918)
- O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1950; rev. 1948).
Background
Also see
Notes