Little John (Portsmouth)

Locality
Coordinate	50.821039, -1.094814
Adm. div.	Hampshire
Vicinity	In the harbour?
Type	Transport
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct
First Record	1451
A.k.a.	Le Littell John

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Portsmouth

No pirates in sight at the beach in Portsmouth / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

The "Littell John of Portesmouth", a balinger, was involved in piracy or at any rate the illegal confiscation of a vessel and its cargo in 1451.

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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.

Background

• Wikipedia: Balinger.

Also see

• Portsmouth place-name cluster
• Ship names
• Places named after Little John.

Notes

Hampshire place-names 

 Place-names