Little John (Hampsfield)

Locality
Coordinate	54.215447, -2.923753
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	Immediately E of Heaning Wood; Hampsfield Allotment, c. 1.3 km SE of Field Broughton
Type	Natural feature
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct
First Record	1851

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Robin Hood and Little John, Hampsfield

Robin Hood and Little John, Hampsfield / Karl and Ali, 1 Mar. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

Two boulders immediately east of Heaning Wood, on Hampsfield Allotment, c. 1.3 km SE of Field Broughton, were formerly known as 'Robin Hood and Little John'. See further Robin Hood (Hampsfield).Template:PlaceNamesItemQuery

Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XII.16 (1890; surveyed 1889)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XII.16 (1913; rev. 1911) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire XII.16 (1913; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XII (1851; surveyed 1848)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XII.SE (1919; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XII.SE (1919; rev. 1911) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire XII.SE (c. 1947; rev. 1911).

Discussion

• Morecambe Bay Partnership; [Martin, Louise]; [Peters, Cat]; [Newman, Richard]. The Archaeology of Hampsfell and Kirkhead: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Volunteer Research (Carlisle, [2018]), p. 65, asset No. 63.

Notes

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