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Two plots of land just south of Weaverham were known as Robin Hood's Butts in 1839. | Two plots of land just south of Weaverham were known as Robin Hood's Butts in 1839. | ||
This entry is concerned with the northernmost of the two butts, which figure in the 1839 tithe award for Weaverham. | This entry is concerned with the northernmost of the two butts, which figure in the 1839 tithe award for Weaverham. The butt had an area of 2 acres, 3 roods and 16 perches ({{AcresRoodsPerchesToM2|2|3|16}} m<sup>2</sup>). The landowner is listed as William Colley Woodfine, the occupier was a Thomas Hope. The tithe award omits the ususally provided information about the state of cultivation of the plot.<ref>[https://www.thegenealogist.com Tithe award for Weaverham (1839)] (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 057, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£); [https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk Tithe map for Weaverham (1831)] (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 057, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£).</ref> | ||
The butt had an area of 2 acres, 3 roods and 16 perches ({{AcresRoodsPerchesToM2|2|3|16}} m<sup>2</sup>). The landowner is listed as William Colley Woodfine, the occupier was a Thomas Hope. The tithe award omits the ususally provided information about the state of cultivation of the plot.<ref>[https://www.thegenealogist.com Tithe award for Weaverham (1839)] (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 057, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£); [https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk Tithe map for Weaverham (1831)] (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 057, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£).</ref> | |||
The name 'Robin Hood's Butts' is often applied to pairs of mounds or hillocks (see [[Places named Robin Hood's Butts]]), but the term 'butt' can also refer to | The name 'Robin Hood's Butts' is often applied to pairs of mounds or hillocks (see [[Places named Robin Hood's Butts]]), but the term 'butt' can also refer to | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 22 April 2022
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.25633, -2.5757 |
| Adm. div. | Cheshire |
| Vicinity | c. 130 m W of W end of Larch Close; c. 75 m S of Walnut Avenue; in Weaverham |
| Type | Area |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Defunct |
| First Record | 1839 |
| A.k.a. | Robin Hoods Butts |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-22. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-22.
Two plots of land just south of Weaverham were known as Robin Hood's Butts in 1839.
This entry is concerned with the northernmost of the two butts, which figure in the 1839 tithe award for Weaverham. The butt had an area of 2 acres, 3 roods and 16 perches (11533.54 m2). The landowner is listed as William Colley Woodfine, the occupier was a Thomas Hope. The tithe award omits the ususally provided information about the state of cultivation of the plot.[1]
The name 'Robin Hood's Butts' is often applied to pairs of mounds or hillocks (see Places named Robin Hood's Butts), but the term 'butt' can also refer to a 'raised strip of cultivated land between two furrows, a ridge' or a 'small piece of land, esp. of an irregular shape; a paddock'.[2] The latter sense is probably the one involved here. The southernmost of the two butts was situated south of the above field, its centrepoint being about 75 m south of that of its northern counterpart. One of the English Place-Name Society's volumes on Cheshire notes (presumably these) Robin Hoods Butts but mistakenly puts them in Cuddington,[3] a village situated about 2 km SSW of Weaverham.
The two Butts can be seen in the detail of the tithe map included in the image gallery below. About 1.75 km north-northwest of the northernmost of these butts is the northernmost of another pair of former Robin Hood's Butts.
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
MS sources
- Tithe award for Weaverham (1839) (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 057, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£)
- Tithe map for Weaverham (1831) (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 001, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£).
Printed sources
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII (1882; surveyed 1873–77)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII.SE (1899; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII.SE (1899; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII.SE (1911; rev. 1908–09)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII.SE (c. 1947; rev. 1938)
- 25" map Cheshire XXXIII.12 (c. 1874; surveyed c. 1871–72). No copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII.12 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII.12 (1898; rev. 1897)
- 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXXIII.12 (1910; rev. 1908).
Background
- OED, butt, n.2, 1. a. and 2 (£).
- Wikipedia: Cuddington, Eddisbury
- Wikipedia: Weaverham.
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Tithe award for Weaverham (1839) (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 057, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£); Tithe map for Weaverham (1831) (Piece 05, Sub-Piece 416, Image 057, #327 – at The Genealogist) (£).
- ↑ OED, butt, n.2, 1. a. and 2. (£)
- ↑ Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997), vol. III, p.200.
Image gallery
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Looking east-southeast from Poplar Road. Part of the field extending towards the trees, centre distance, to the right of the rightmost garage was one of the Robin Hood's Butts / Google Earth Street View.
The two plots numbered 327 and 335, near the centre, were known as Robin Hood's Butts. Detail of MS tithe map / © Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England. www.NationalArchives.gov.uk & www.TheGenealogist.co.uk.
