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Higher Robin Hood Field in Helsby is first recorded in 1844. It was named after the [[Robin Hood (Helsby)|Robin Hood]] pub which was until recently located on the eastern corner of Chester Road and [[Lower Robin Hood Lane (Helsby)|Lower Robin Hood Lane.]] Higher Robin Hood Field was located on the western corner of [[Robin Hood Lane (Helsby)|Robin Hood Lane]] and Chester Road, i.e. diagonally across the intersection from the pub. | Higher Robin Hood Field in Helsby is first recorded in 1844. It was named after the [[Robin Hood (Helsby)|Robin Hood]] pub which was until recently located on the eastern corner of Chester Road and [[Lower Robin Hood Lane (Helsby)|Lower Robin Hood Lane.]] Higher Robin Hood Field was located on the western corner of [[Robin Hood Lane (Helsby)|Robin Hood Lane]] and Chester Road, i.e. diagonally across the intersection from the pub. | ||
Higher Robin Hood Field is listed in the 1844 tithe award for Helsby with a William Forshaw as owner, John Lewis as occupier, state of cultivation as 'Arable', and an area of 1 acre, 1 rood and 4 perches ({{AcreRoodPerchToM2|1|1|4}} m<sup>2</sup>).<ref>Online at the [https://www.thegenealogist. | Higher Robin Hood Field is listed in the 1844 tithe award for Helsby with a William Forshaw as owner, John Lewis as occupier, state of cultivation as 'Arable', and an area of 1 acre, 1 rood and 4 perches ({{AcreRoodPerchToM2|1|1|4}} m<sup>2</sup>).<ref>Online at the [https://www.thegenealogist.com Genealogist], piece 05, sub-piece 199, image 013, item 145 (subscription required).</ref> The field extended something like 60 m south. | ||
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== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
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== MS sources == | == MS sources == | ||
* 1844 Tithe award for Helsby, online at the [https://www.thegenealogist. | * 1844 Tithe award for Helsby, online at the [https://www.thegenealogist.com Genealogist], piece 05, sub-piece 199, image 013, item 145 (subscription required) | ||
* Accompanying map, online at the [https://www.thegenealogist. | * Accompanying map, online at the [https://www.thegenealogist.com Genealogist], piece 05, sub-piece 199, sub-image 001, item 145 (subscription required). | ||
== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
Revision as of 13:30, 26 April 2020
The former Higher Robin Hood Field.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Peeping into the former Higher Robin Hood Field from Robin Hood Lane / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-04-26.
Higher Robin Hood Field in Helsby is first recorded in 1844. It was named after the Robin Hood pub which was until recently located on the eastern corner of Chester Road and Lower Robin Hood Lane. Higher Robin Hood Field was located on the western corner of Robin Hood Lane and Chester Road, i.e. diagonally across the intersection from the pub.
Higher Robin Hood Field is listed in the 1844 tithe award for Helsby with a William Forshaw as owner, John Lewis as occupier, state of cultivation as 'Arable', and an area of 1 acre, 1 rood and 4 perches (Template:AcreRoodPerchToM2 m2).[1] The field extended something like 60 m south. Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
MS sources
- 1844 Tithe award for Helsby, online at the Genealogist, piece 05, sub-piece 199, image 013, item 145 (subscription required)
- Accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, piece 05, sub-piece 199, sub-image 001, item 145 (subscription required).
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.6 (c. 1874; surveyed c. 1872). No Copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.6 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.6 (1898; rev. 1897)
- 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.6 (1935; rev. 1908)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII (1881; surveyed 1873-74)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (1899; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (1899; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (1911; rev. 1908)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (c. 1936; rev. 1908)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXII.NW (c. 1944; rev. 1938).
Notes
- ↑ Online at the Genealogist, piece 05, sub-piece 199, image 013, item 145 (subscription required).