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[[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|Hollin Crags gritstone outcrop ''c.'' 200 m from the site of Little John / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/564068 Mick Borroff, 23 Sep. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]] | [[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|Hollin Crags gritstone outcrop ''c.'' 200 m from the site of Little John / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/564068 Mick Borroff, 23 Sep. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]] | ||
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The first 6" O.S. map of the Bewerley–Thornthwaite–Padside area, published in 1854, surveyed 1849-50, has the name "Little John" next to what must be the marker for a quarry,<ref>[http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344653#zoom=5&lat=7728&lon=5236&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' 135 (1854, surveyed 1849-50)]; for the marker see [http://www.ancestry-maps.com/page-legend.asp Cassini Historical Maps: Keys and Legends.]</ref> on Hardcastle Moor, towards the SE end of the present Yorkshire Dales National Park. The quarry was situated immediately east of a footpath, not shown on Google Maps, but then running approximately NNW to SSE through the area. The quarry is not indicated on the later 6" O.S. maps.<ref>See maps section below.</ref> It is uncertain if the name had anything to do with Robin Hood's second-in-command; in the immediate vicinity was a quarry named Little Betty. | The first 6" O.S. map of the Bewerley–Thornthwaite–Padside area, published in 1854, surveyed 1849-50, has the name "Little John" next to what must be the marker for a quarry,<ref>[http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344653#zoom=5&lat=7728&lon=5236&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' 135 (1854, surveyed 1849-50)]; for the marker see [http://www.ancestry-maps.com/page-legend.asp Cassini Historical Maps: Keys and Legends.]</ref> on Hardcastle Moor, towards the SE end of the present Yorkshire Dales National Park. The quarry was situated immediately east of a footpath, not shown on Google Maps, but then running approximately NNW to SSE through the area. The quarry is not indicated on the later 6" O.S. maps.<ref>See maps section below.</ref> It is uncertain if the name had anything to do with Robin Hood's second-in-command; in the immediate vicinity was a quarry named Little Betty. | ||
Revision as of 03:21, 17 May 2020
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Hollin Crags gritstone outcrop c. 200 m from the site of Little John / Mick Borroff, 23 Sep. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-08-09. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.
The first 6" O.S. map of the Bewerley–Thornthwaite–Padside area, published in 1854, surveyed 1849-50, has the name "Little John" next to what must be the marker for a quarry,[1] on Hardcastle Moor, towards the SE end of the present Yorkshire Dales National Park. The quarry was situated immediately east of a footpath, not shown on Google Maps, but then running approximately NNW to SSE through the area. The quarry is not indicated on the later 6" O.S. maps.[2] It is uncertain if the name had anything to do with Robin Hood's second-in-command; in the immediate vicinity was a quarry named Little Betty.
This part of Yorkshire then belonged to the West Riding but is now part of the North Riding. A search for "Little John" and "Hardcastle Moor" on 9 August 2016 yielded no relevant results.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.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 135 (1854, surveyed 1849-50)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXXXV (1895, rev. 1889-90)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXXXV.NW (1910, rev. 1907)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXXXV.NW (1910, rev. 1907).
Notes
- ↑ 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 135 (1854, surveyed 1849-50); for the marker see Cassini Historical Maps: Keys and Legends.
- ↑ See maps section below.