Papplewick (Hucknall)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.052266, -1.183722 |
| Adm. div. | Nottinghamshire |
| Vicinity | c. 700 m NE of Hucknall |
| Type | Settlement |
| Interest | Literary locale |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | c. 1637? |
Papplewick.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-22. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Ben Jonson's Sad Shepherd (c. 1637?) includes in its list of dramatis personae "Maudlin, the envious, the Witch of Papplewick".[1] According to the Wikipedia article on this locality, "A local legend dictates that the body of Alan-a-Dale, one of Robin Hood's men, was buried in Papplewick",[2] while according to Dobson & Taylor, St James Church in Papplewick was "[a]llegedly the church at which Allen a Dale was married with the assistance of Robin Hood", a tradition which they think almost certainly "originates from the appearance of the witch of Papplewick in Ben Jonson's The Sad Shepherd".[3]
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 302, s.n. Papplewick.
Sources
- Jonson, Ben; Adams, Robert Martin, ed. Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques (New York and London, ©1979), p. 275. Maudlin figures in Act II, scenes 1-3 and 6; Act III, scene 5.
- Jonson, Ben; Adams, Robert Martin, ed. Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques (New York and London, ©1979). Later printing of preceding.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXXIII.NW (1884; surveyed 1878-83)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXXIII.NW (1900; rev. 1899)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXXIII.NW (1900; rev. 1899) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXXIII.NW (1920; rev. 1913).
Background
- Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M. The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XVII) (Cambridge, 1940), p. 130
- Nottingham Wayfarers' Rambling Club; Price, Roland, introd. The Robin Hood Walks: A Comprehensive Guide to Walks in Robin Hood Country including the Third Edition of the Guide to the Full Route of Nottinghamshire's First Recreational Footpath, The Robin Hood Way (Leicester: Cordee, ©1994), p.37
- Wikipedia: Ben Jonson
- Wikipedia: Papplewick.
Named after Papplewick
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Jonson, Ben; Adams, Robert Martin, ed. Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques (New York and London, ©1979), p. 275. Maudlin figures in Act II, scenes 1-3 and 6; Act III, scene 5.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Papplewick.
- ↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 302, s.n. Papplewick.