Little John's Grave (Hathersage)

Locality
Coordinates	53.333493, -1.648577
Adm. div.	Derbyshire
Vicinity	Hathersage Churchyard
Type	Monument
Interest	Local tradition
Status	Extant
First Record	1686

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Approximate location of Little John's Grave.

Little John's Grave, woodcut by F.W. Fairholt, from Gutch, John Mathew, ed. A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with Other Ancient & Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this Celebrated Yeoman (London, 1847) via review by F.W.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-07.

The alleged grave of Little John is found in Hathersage churchyard. Little John's bow and helmet, which are now at Parham House, formerly hung in Hathersage Church. As noted by Kenneth Cameron, Little John's Grave and all other Robin Hood-related place-names in Derbyshire are first recorded at a late date, the Grave being first recorded in 1686.

Allusions

Sources

• Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), pt. III, p. 760.
• White, William. General Directory of the Town and Borough of Sheffield, with Rotheram, Chesterfield, and all the Parishes, Townships, Villages, and Hamlets, within a Circuit of Twelve Miles round the Capital of Hallamshire (Sheffield, 1845), p. 376.

Notes

Also see

• Hathersage Church place-name cluster
• Hathersage place-name cluster
• Places named after Little John.

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