Mantelpiece (Thoresby Hall)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.233596, -1.045206 |
Adm. div. | Nottinghamshire |
Vicinity | In Thoresby Hall, Perlethorpe |
Type | Artifact |
Interest | Artifacts |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1864-75 |
Thoresby Hall.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-01. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Thoresby Hall, which was rebuilt in the period 1864-75, has a wooden mantelpiece in the library with carvings of a scene from Sherwood Forest, dominated by the Major Oak, and with statues of Robin Hood and Little John on either side of the fireplace. Template:PlaceNamesItemQuery
Gazetteers
- No separate entry in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), but see p. 303 s.n. '(Thoresby)'.
Also see
Thoresby Hall, by E.W. Haslehust / Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), plate facing p. 42.