Little John (Dronfield Church)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
St John the Baptist Church, Dronfield.
St John the Baptist, Dronfield / Liz Jones, Sheffield.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-25.
According to S.O. Addy (1888),[1] Little John was the name of a small bell in Dronfield parish church (St John the Baptist Church, Dronfield with Holmefield Parish). It was rung before service and after the peal was finished. Other names for it were Ting Tang or the Bidding Bell.
Sources
- Addy, Sidney Oldall, ed. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield, including a Selection of Local Names, and Some Notices of Folk-Lore, Games, and Customs [and] A Supplement to the Sheffield Glossary (English Dialect Society, Series C — Original Glossaries, No. 57) (London, 1888-91), pp. 16, s.n. 'Bidding Bell'; 136, s.n. 'Little John'; 260, s.n. 'ting-tang'.
Maps
Dronfield Church indicated on these maps.
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XVIII.NW (1883; surveyed 1875-76)
- 1" O.S. Sheet 100; 3rd ed. (1909)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XVIII (1921; rev. 1914-15)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XVIII.NW (1899; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XVIII.NW (1921; rev. 1914-15)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XVIII.NW (c. 1946; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XVIII.NW (c. 1950; rev. 1945)
Notes
- ↑ Addy, Sidney Oldall, ed. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield, including a Selection of Local Names, and Some Notices of Folk-Lore, Games, and Customs [and] A Supplement to the Sheffield Glossary (English Dialect Society, Series C — Original Glossaries, No. 57) (London, 1888-91), pp. 16, s.n. 'Bidding Bell'; 136, s.n. 'Little John'; 260, s.n. 'ting-tang'.