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[[File:Goldsborough.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The feature named Robin Hood's Hole was (is?) found on Goldsborough. Here the hill is viewed from the south / [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldsborough.jpg James@hopgrove, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.]]]<div class="no-img"> | [[File:Goldsborough.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The feature named Robin Hood's Hole was (is?) found on Goldsborough. Here the hill is viewed from the south / [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldsborough.jpg James@hopgrove, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.]]]<div class="no-img"> | ||
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Some feature – perhaps a small pond, cave or depression – on the flat peak of the 388 m high hill named Goldsborough in Cotherstone, was known as Robin Hood's Hole in the 19th century. The name is indicated on three 6" O.S. maps produced in the years 1854 to 1919.<ref>See [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344188#zoom=6&lat=9133&lon=12146&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire 11 (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington)'' (1857, surveyed 1854)]; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100941467#zoom=5&lat=5057&lon=5413&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington)'' (1895, surveyed 1891)], and [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100941464#zoom=5&lat=5271&lon=5495&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington)'' (1919, surveyed 1912.)]</ref> The parish of Cotherstone, in the Pennines, then belonged to the North Riding of Yorkshire but now is in County Durham.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldsborough_(hill) Wikipedia: Goldsborough (hill)].</ref> Goldsborough is situated in a large area of boggy moorland. Geograph.co.uk contributor Mick Garratt noted in 2015 that "I went looking for Robin Hood's Hole expecting a cave or pothole but couldn't find anything."<ref>[http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4487657 geograph.co.uk – NY9517: Goldsborough].</ref>{{ | Some feature – perhaps a small pond, cave or depression – on the flat peak of the 388 m high hill named Goldsborough in Cotherstone, was known as Robin Hood's Hole in the 19th century. The name is indicated on three 6" O.S. maps produced in the years 1854 to 1919.<ref>See [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344188#zoom=6&lat=9133&lon=12146&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire 11 (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington)'' (1857, surveyed 1854)]; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100941467#zoom=5&lat=5057&lon=5413&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington)'' (1895, surveyed 1891)], and [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100941464#zoom=5&lat=5271&lon=5495&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington)'' (1919, surveyed 1912.)]</ref> The parish of Cotherstone, in the Pennines, then belonged to the North Riding of Yorkshire but now is in County Durham.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldsborough_(hill) Wikipedia: Goldsborough (hill)].</ref> Goldsborough is situated in a large area of boggy moorland. Geograph.co.uk contributor Mick Garratt noted in 2015 that "I went looking for Robin Hood's Hole expecting a cave or pothole but couldn't find anything."<ref>[http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4487657 geograph.co.uk – NY9517: Goldsborough].</ref>{{PlaceNamesItemAllusionsAndRecords}} | ||
== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. | * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:54, 6 January 2021
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 54.5544, -2.0711 |
| Adm. div. | North Riding of Yorkshire |
| Vicinity | On Goldsborough hill, Cotherstone, Pennine hills, Teesdale |
| Type | Natural feature |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Defunct? |
| First Record | 1854 |
Robin Hood's Hole on Goldsborough.
The feature named Robin Hood's Hole was (is?) found on Goldsborough. Here the hill is viewed from the south / James@hopgrove, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-05-22. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Some feature – perhaps a small pond, cave or depression – on the flat peak of the 388 m high hill named Goldsborough in Cotherstone, was known as Robin Hood's Hole in the 19th century. The name is indicated on three 6" O.S. maps produced in the years 1854 to 1919.[1] The parish of Cotherstone, in the Pennines, then belonged to the North Riding of Yorkshire but now is in County Durham.[2] Goldsborough is situated in a large area of boggy moorland. Geograph.co.uk contributor Mick Garratt noted in 2015 that "I went looking for Robin Hood's Hole expecting a cave or pothole but couldn't find anything."[3]
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.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 11 (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington) (1857, surveyed 1854)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington) (1895, surveyed 1891)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington) (1919, surveyed 1912.)
Background
Brief mention
Notes
- ↑ See 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 11 (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington) (1857, surveyed 1854); 6" O.S. map Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington) (1895, surveyed 1891), and 6" O.S. map Yorkshire XI.NE (incl. Bowes; Cotherstone; Lartington) (1919, surveyed 1912.)
- ↑ Wikipedia: Goldsborough (hill).
- ↑ geograph.co.uk – NY9517: Goldsborough.