Little John (Markfield): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinate	52.6702, -1.2603
Adm. div.	Leicestershire
Vicinity	1.3 km SSE of Markfield
Type	Natural feature
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1885
A.k.a.	John's Hill

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Little John.

Little John, the little hill / Mat Fascione, 29 Jul. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-06-10.

A small, sharply defined hill c. 1.3 km SSE of Markfield and c. 5 km NW of Leicester, is named Little John. From its summit there is an excellent view in all directions.

The hill appears on the first (1835) 1" O.S. map of the area.^[1] The earliest evidence IRHS has for the name is a 6" O.S. map of the area from 1885. The English Place-Name Society's volume on this part of Leicestershire notes that

a nod to Little John of the Robin Hood legend is poss[ible]., but otherwise John is prob[ably]. a familiar name for any notable isolated physical feature, to be compared with the outcropping hill Old John, 3 3/4 miles to the north-east in Bradgate Park.^[2]

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.

Sources

Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VI, p. 177, and source reference p. xxvii.

Maps

25" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.3 (c. 1886; surveyed 1885). No copy in NLS
25" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.3 (1903; rev. 1901)
25" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.3 (1903; rev. 1901) (georeferenced)
25" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.3 (1915; rev. 1914)
25" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.3 (1920; rev. 1928)
6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.NE (1885; surveyed 1885)
6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.NE (1904; rev. 1901)
6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.NE (1904; rev. 1901) (georeferenced)
6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX (1919; rev. 1913-14)
6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.NE (1930; rev. 1928)
1:25,000 O.S. map Leicestershire XXX.NE (1904; rev. 1901) (georeferenced)
1:1 mill.–1:10k, SK501083 (1900s) (georeferenced)
1:1m to 1:63, SK501082k (1920s-1940s) (georeferenced)
1" O.S. map Atherstone (Hills), Sheet 155, Revised: 1898, Published: 1899 (georeferenced)
1" O.S. map Atherstone (Outline), Sheet 155, Revised: 1898, Published: 1899 (georeferenced)
1" O.S. map Derby and Leicester (1959; surveyed 1950-56) (georeferenced).

Background

Wikipedia: Markfield.

Also see

Places named after Little John.

Notes

↑ Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VI, p. 177, and source reference p. xxvii.
↑ Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VI, p. 177. IRHB's brackets. Italics as in source.

Image gallery

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Little John / Mat Fascione, 29 Jul. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
View of Leicester from the summit of Little John / Mat Fascione, 29 Jul. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Leicester City Skyline, looking southeast from Little John / Mat Fascione, 29 Jul. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Houses located along the A50, Bradgate Hill, seen from Little John / Mat Fascione, 29 Jul. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Looking southwest from the summit of Little John / Mat Fascione, 29 Jul. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

Leicestershire place-names

Place-names

[1] Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VI, p. 177, and source reference p. xxvii.

[2] Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VI, p. 177. IRHB's brackets. Italics as in source.

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+* {{:Cox, Barrie 1998a}}, pt. VI, p. 177, and source reference p. xxvii.
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+* 25" O.S. map ''Leicestershire'' XXX.3 (''c.'' 1886; surveyed 1885). No copy in NLS
+* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/114593787#zoom=4&lat=7150&lon=4942&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Leicestershire'' XXX.3 (1903; rev. 1901)]
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+* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/114593790#zoom=5&lat=7055&lon=5163&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Leicestershire'' XXX.3 (1915; rev. 1914)]
+* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/114593793#zoom=5&lat=7025&lon=5076&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Leicestershire'' XXX.3 (1920; rev. 1928)]
+* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101592609#zoom=5&lat=5178&lon=2165&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Leicestershire'' XXX.NE (1885; surveyed 1885)]
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 * [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=52.6714&lon=-1.2590&layers=11&b=1 1" O.S. map ''Derby and Leicester'' (1959; surveyed 1950-56)] (georeferenced).
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 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markfield Wikipedia: Markfield.]
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