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[[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|right|500px|Lancaster the county town. The priory and castle, looking south from the Carlisle Bridge / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/30073 David Medcalfe, 16 July 2005, Creative Commons.]]]<div class="no-img"> | [[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|right|500px|Lancaster the county town. The priory and castle, looking south from the Carlisle Bridge / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/30073 David Medcalfe, 16 July 2005, Creative Commons.]]]<div class="no-img"> | ||
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Lancashire figures as locale in parts of the ''[[Gest of Robyn Hode]]''. See especially sts. 53, 126-33, 309-34, 356-60, 431-32. The county name occurs in st. 357 (see Quotations below).{{ | Lancashire figures as locale in parts of the ''[[Gest of Robyn Hode]]''. See especially sts. 53, 126-33, 309-34, 356-60, 431-32. The county name occurs in st. 357 (see Quotations below).{{PlaceNamesItemQuery}} | ||
== Quotations == | == Quotations == | ||
Revision as of 00:05, 6 January 2021
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.732212, -2.624788 |
| Adm. div. | Lancashire |
| Vicinity | W of Yorkshrie and Westmorland; S of Cumberland and Westmorland; N of Cheshire |
| Type | Area |
| Interest | Literary locale |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | c. 1500 |
A somewhat central point in Lancashire.
Lancaster the county town. The priory and castle, looking south from the Carlisle Bridge / David Medcalfe, 16 July 2005, Creative Commons.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-03-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Lancashire figures as locale in parts of the Gest of Robyn Hode. See especially sts. 53, 126-33, 309-34, 356-60, 431-32. The county name occurs in st. 357 (see Quotations below).Template:PlaceNamesItemQuery
Quotations
[Gest of Robyn Hode:]
All the passe of Lancasshyre
He went both ferre and nere
Tyll he came to Plomton Parke
He faylyd many of his dere.[1]
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.
Background
Notes
- ↑ Gest of Robyn Hode, st. 357, cited from Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 105; punctuation omitted by IRHB.