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'Robin Hood's Butts' is the collective name of Pyon Hill and Butthouse Knap, two natural hills<ref>{{:Crawford, O G S 1924a}}; see p. 159.</ref> in Canon Pyon, Herefordshire. This place-name is first recorded in 1802.<!-- Ella Mary Leather 1904: "Two small cone-shaped hills near Canon Pyon are called 'Robin Hood's Butts.' The story goes that Robin Hood stood on one, and shot an arrow on to the top of | 'Robin Hood's Butts' is the collective name of Pyon Hill and Butthouse Knap, two natural hills<ref>{{:Crawford, O G S 1924a}}; see p. 159.</ref> in Canon Pyon, Herefordshire. This place-name is first recorded in 1802.<!-- Ella Mary Leather 1904: "Two small cone-shaped hills near Canon Pyon are called 'Robin Hood's Butts.' The story goes that Robin Hood stood on one, and shot an arrow on to the top of the other." | ||
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“ Robin Hood bet Little | |||
John he could jump right over Wormesley Hill and clear the | |||
Raven's Causeway, monastery and all. Robin jumped and | |||
kicked a piece out of the hill with his heel: that's Butt- | |||
house Knapp. Then Little John tried. He took a longer | |||
run, and jumped better, but his foot caught the hill too, | |||
and kicked a piece out that is now Canon Pyon Butt. You | |||
can see the hole on the hill-side made by their heels now. | |||
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=== Gazetteers === | === Gazetteers === | ||
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=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
* {{:Crawford, O G S 1924a}} | * {{:Crawford, O G S 1924a}}; see p. 159 | ||
* {{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1970b}}, pt. I, p. 165 ''s.n.'' butt<sup>2</sup>, b. | * {{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1970b}}, pt. I, p. 165 ''s.n.'' butt<sup>2</sup>, b. | ||
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* {{:Leather, Ella Mary 1904a}}; see p. 163 | * {{:Leather, Ella Mary 1904a}}; see p. 163 | ||
* {{:Leather, Ella Mary 1912a}}, p. ? | * {{:Leather, Ella Mary 1912a}}, p. ? | ||
* {{:Watkins, Alfred 1948a}}, | * {{:Watkins, Alfred 1948a}}, pp. 171, 178 (also editions of [[:Watkins,_Alfred_1925a|1925]], [[:Watkins,_Alfred_1933a|1933]], [[:Watkins,_Alfred_1946a|1946]], [[:Watkins,_Alfred_1970a|1970]], [[:Watkins,_Alfred_1974a|1974]], [[:Watkins,_Alfred_1975a|1975]], [[:Watkins,_Alfred_1977a|1977]], and [[:Watkins,_Alfred_2014a|2014]]). | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 12 February 2018
Pyon Hill, the easternmost of the Robin Hood's Butts in Pyon Canon.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Pyon Hill, the easternmost of the Robin Hood's Butts in Canon Pyon / Philip Pankhurst, 4 Jul. 2011, Creative Commons.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-12. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-12.
'Robin Hood's Butts' is the collective name of Pyon Hill and Butthouse Knap, two natural hills[1] in Canon Pyon, Herefordshire. This place-name is first recorded in 1802.
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 298, s.n. Robin Hoods' Butts.
Sources
- Crawford, O. G. S. 'Place-Names and Archaeology', chapter VIII in: Mawer, A.; Stenton, F.M. Introduction to the Survey of English Place-Names (English Place-Name Society, vol. I, pt. 1). (Cambridge, 1924), pp. 143-64; see p. 159
- Smith, A.H. English Place-Name Elements. Reprinted (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXV-XXVI) (Cambridge, 1970), pt. I, p. 165 s.n. butt2, b.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Herefordshre XXVI.1 (1887; rev. 1886)
- 25" O.S. map Herefordshre XXVI.5 (1904; rev. 1902)
- 25" O.S. map Herefordshre XXVI.5 (1904; rev. 1902) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Herefordshire XXVI.NW 1886; surveyed 1886)
- 6" O.S. map Herefordshire XXVI.NW (1905; rev. 1902)
- 6" O.S. map Herefordshire XXVI.NW (1905; rev. 1902) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Herefordshire XXVI.NW (1952; rev. 1945)
- 1" O.S. map Hereford (Hills), Sheet 128 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- 1" O.S. map Hereford (Outline), Sheet 128 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- O.S. 1:25,000 SO44 (1956; surveyed 1945) (georeferenced)
- O.S. 1" Hereford (7th Ser.) (1960; surveyed 1944-60) (georeferenced)
- 1:1 million-1:10K O.S. SO 454495 (1900s) (georeferenced)
- 1:1m to 1:63K (1920s–1940s) SO439490 (georeferenced)
- Bartholomew 1/2" Hereford Sheet 23 (1902) (georeferenced)
- Bartholomew 1/2" Wye Valley Sheet 13 (1944) (georeferenced)
Discussion
- Leather, Ella Mary. 'Folk-Lore of the Shire', in: Reade, Compton, ed. Memorials of Old Herefordshire (London and Derby, 1904), pp. 148-66; see p. 163
- Leather, Ella Mary. The Folk-Lore of Herefordshire, collected from Oral and Printed Sources (Hereford; London, 1912), p. ?
- Watkins, Alfred. The Old Straight Track: its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites, and Mark Stones. 4th ed. (London, 1948), pp. 171, 178 (also editions of 1925, 1933, 1946, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, and 2014).
Background
Brief mention
Notes
Pyon Hill, the easternmost of the Robin Hood's Butts in Canon Pyon / Philip Pankhurst, 4 Jul. 2011, Creative Commons.
Pyon Hill / Jonathan Billinger, 8 Jan. 2016
Pyon Hill / Adam Buckley, 7 Aug. 2005
Pyon Hill / Jonathan Billinger, 8 Jan. 2016
Pyon Hill / Richard Webb, 1 Jul. 2014
Pyon Hill / Google Earth Street View.
