Robin Hood's Arbour (Maidenhead)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Robin Hood's Arbour.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-20.
Robin Hood's Arbour is a square prehistoric earthwork close to Maidenhead Thicket. By the late 17th century it was known as 'Robin Hood's Bower', which is still today an alternative name for it. Dobson & Taylor believed the existence of this place name already in the late 17th cent. was the reason Thomas Hearne included the Chiltern Hills among Robin's haunts.[1]
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 295, s.n. Robin Hood's Arbour.
Maps
- O.S. 1" 7th Series sheet 159 SU:852811.
Notes
- ↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 295, s.n. Robin Hood's Arbour.