North Riding of Yorkshire place-names
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-05.
Introduction
This page lists, and provides data summaries of, North Riding of Yorkshire place-names. Similar pages exist for the East, and West Ridings as well as for the entire shire.
A systematic search for relevant field names in all tithe awards for North Riding townships[1] was completed on 9 Sep. 2020. Everything found in the course of this search has a page of its own in this section of IRHB. However, there is still a brief list of place-names to be added from early Ordnance Survey maps, the English Place-Name Society's volume on the North Riding of Yorkshire,[2] and Dobson & Taylor's list of Robin Hood-related place-names.[3]
Chronology
14th Century
1 Robin Hood-related place-name first documented in the 14th century.
16th Century
1 Robin Hood-related place-name first documented in the 16th century.
17th Century
1 Robin Hood-related place-name first documented in the 17th century.
18th Century
4 Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 18th century.
19th Century
13 Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 19th century.
- Robin Hood (Brompton on Swale)
- Robin Hood Spring (Allerston High Moor)
- Robin Hood's Bush (Throxenby)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Danby Low Moor)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Gerrick Moor) (1)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Gerrick Moor) (2)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Gerrick Moor) (3)
- Robin Hood's Hole (Goldsborough)
- Robin Hood's Howl (Kirkbymoorside)
- Robin Hood's Scar (Bowes)
- Robin Hood's Stone (Grassholme)
- Robin Hood's Well (Brompton on Swale)
- Robin Hood's Well (Penhill, Wensleydale)
Local traditions
1 Locality with local traditions relating to Robin Hood.
Literary locales
4 Literary locales.
All localities
26 Place-names and localities.
- Guisborough
- Little Barnsdale (Oswaldkirk)
- Little John's Close (Whitby Laithes)
- Little John's Stone (Whitby Laithes)
- Plumpton Park (Kirkbymoorside)
- Robin Hood (Brompton on Swale)
- Robin Hood Road (Ravenscar)
- Robin Hood Spring (Allerston High Moor)
- Robin Hood's Bay
- Robin Hood's Bush (Throxenby)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Brow Moor)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Danby Low Moor)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Gerrick Moor) (1)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Gerrick Moor) (2)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Gerrick Moor) (3)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Ravenscar)
- Robin Hood's Close (Whitby Laithes)
- Robin Hood's Hole (Goldsborough)
- Robin Hood's Howl (Kirkbymoorside)
- Robin Hood's Scar (Bowes)
- Robin Hood's Stone (Grassholme)
- Robin Hood's Stone (Whitby Laithes)
- Robin Hood's Well (Brompton on Swale)
- Robin Hood's Well (Penhill, Wensleydale)
- St Mary's Abbey (York)
- Whitby Abbey
Place-name clusters
4 Clusters of Robin Hood place-names, localities with local traditions, literary locales etc.
Lists and gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 305-307
- Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. 5) (Cambridge, 1928).
Background
Neighbours
Also see
- East Riding of Yorkshire place-names
- Places named Robin Hood's Butts
- West Riding of Yorkshire place-names
- Yorkshire place-names.
Notes