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Robin Hood's Cross is the name of a medieval wayside cross, of which now only the base survives, about 1.25 km SE of Bradwell in the parish of Hazelbadge. Dobson & Taylor suggest it may have originated as a boundary mark.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 296, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood Cross'.</ref> It is recorded in 1319 as 'Robin Crosse' and is indicated as 'the Robins Crosse' on a 1640 unpublished map.<ref>{{:Cameron, Kenneth 1959a}}, pt. I, p. 118; also briefly mentioned there, pt. III, p. 760. Dobson & Taylor, ''loc.cit'', incorrectly cite the 1640 form as 'the Robin Crosse'.</ref> Dobson & taylor in their entry of this place-name use the form 'Robin Hood Cross'. The form with genitive 's' appears on the 6" O.S. maps from the years 1883 to 1923 (see Maps section below).<!--[[File:_FILENAME.jpg|thumb|right|500px|_LEGEND (photo from [_URL _LINKTEXT]).]]--> | Robin Hood's Cross is the name of a medieval wayside cross, of which now only the base survives, about 1.25 km SE of Bradwell in the parish of Hazelbadge. Dobson & Taylor suggest it may have originated as a boundary mark.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 296, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood Cross'.</ref> It is recorded in 1319 as 'Robin Crosse' and is indicated as 'the Robins Crosse' on a 1640 unpublished map.<ref>{{:Cameron, Kenneth 1959a}}, pt. I, p. 118; also briefly mentioned there, pt. III, p. 760. Dobson & Taylor, ''loc.cit'', incorrectly cite the 1640 form as 'the Robin Crosse'.</ref> Dobson & taylor in their entry of this place-name use the form 'Robin Hood Cross'. The form with genitive 's' appears on the 6" O.S. maps from the years 1883 to 1923 (see Maps section below).<!--[[File:_FILENAME.jpg|thumb|right|500px|_LEGEND (photo from [_URL _LINKTEXT]).]]--> | ||
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Revision as of 15:19, 12 July 2018
Robin Hood's Cross.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-08-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.
Robin Hood's Cross is the name of a medieval wayside cross, of which now only the base survives, about 1.25 km SE of Bradwell in the parish of Hazelbadge. Dobson & Taylor suggest it may have originated as a boundary mark.[1] It is recorded in 1319 as 'Robin Crosse' and is indicated as 'the Robins Crosse' on a 1640 unpublished map.[2] Dobson & taylor in their entry of this place-name use the form 'Robin Hood Cross'. The form with genitive 's' appears on the 6" O.S. maps from the years 1883 to 1923 (see Maps section below).
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 296, s.n. 'Robin Hood Cross'.
Sources
- Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), pt. I, p. 118; pt. III, p. 760; for his source see pt. I, p. lviii.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire X.SW (1883; surveyed 1880)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 99 (Hills) (1896)
- 1" O.S. map Sheet 99 (Outline) (1896)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire X.SW (1899; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire X (1923; rev. 1919)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire X.SW (1923; rev. 1919).
Notes
- ↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 296, s.n. 'Robin Hood Cross'.
- ↑ Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), pt. I, p. 118; also briefly mentioned there, pt. III, p. 760. Dobson & Taylor, loc.cit, incorrectly cite the 1640 form as 'the Robin Crosse'.