Little John Meadow (Rivenhall)

Locality
Coordinate	51.8211, 0.6611
Adm. div.	Essex
Vicinity	East of Oak Road, north of railroad tracks
Type	Area
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct?
First Record	1838

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Little John Meadow, Rivenhall.

Little John's Meadow, Rivenhall (red outline), / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

The 1838 tithe award for Rivenhall lists 'Little John Meadow' as the name of a close east of Oak Road and north of the railroad tracks in Rivenhall. Its owner/occupier is listed as George Clapham, Esq., its state of cultivation as 'Pasture', its area as 7 acres, 1 rood and 33 perches (Template:AcreRoodPerchToM2 m²).

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.

MS sources

• Tithe award for Rivenhall, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 280, Image 010 (subscription required)
• Accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 280, Sub-Image 001 (subscription required).

Printed sources

• Waller, William Chapman, compil. 'Essex Field Names: Part VIII.—The Hundreds of Dunmow and Witham', Transactions of the Essex Archæological Society, New Series, vol. IX (1903), pp. 68-100; see pp. 69, 84.

Maps

Little John Meadow not labelled.

• 25" O.S. map Essex XXXV.9 (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex XXXV (1881; surveyed 1874-75)
• 6" O.S. map Essex XXXV.SW (1898; rev. 1895)
• 6" O.S. map Essex XXXV.SW (1898; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nXLV (1924; rev. 1919-20)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nXLV (c. 1946; rev. 1938)
• 1:25,000 O.S. map TL81 (1958; surveyed 1938-54) (georeferenced)
• 1:1 million–1:10k (1900s) (georeferenced).

Background

• Wikipedia: Rivenhall.

Also see

• Hacton place-name cluster
• Places named after Little John.

Notes

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  Lane leading to Hoo Hall. The sunlit section of the fence in the distance is at the northern perimeter of the area that is or was known as Little John Meadow / Robert Edwards, 20 Oct. 2006, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The (former?) Little John Meadow seen from Oak Road near the railroad tracks / Google Earth Street View.

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  Little John Meadow (red outline) / Google Earth Street View.

Essex place-names 

 Place-names