Robin Hood's House (Baildon Green)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood's House would be a little to the right and below centre of this photo (click to enlarge) / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-21.
Robin Hood's House. — This very interesting group of stones lies just above the mill at Baildon Green, some way up the slope of the hill. I think it is unquestionably a cromlech, of the type of "Kit's Coty House" in Kent, "Wayland Smith's Cave" in Berkshire, and others. One side of Robin Hood's House, however, is formed of a huge mass of stone, lying apparently just as it fell from the cliff above; the other stones, some of considerable size, have evidently been placed in position by man. The two views of this curious pre-historic relic give a better idea of it than any description; I am not aware if any excavation has ever been made here.[1]
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.
- The Northern Antiquarian: Sacred Nature: Rocks, Hills, Lakes.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.7 (c. 1893; surveyed c. 1890–81). No Copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.7 (1908; rev. 1906) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.7 (1908; rev. 1906)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.7 (1922; rev. 1913)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.7 (1935; rev. 1934)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 201 (1852; surveyed 1847–48)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.NE (1894; surveyed 1889–91)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.NE (1909; rev. 1906) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.NE (1909; rev. 1906)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCI.NE (1934; rev. 1934).
Discussion
Background
- 1845 tithe award for Baildon, online at the Genealogist, piece 43, sub-piece 027, Image 413, item 587; Image 426, item 550 (subscription required)
- 1849 tithe award for Shipley, online at the Genealogist, piece 43, sub-piece 352, Images 423-54 (subscription required)
Notes
- Robin-hoods-house-baildon-green-google-earth-street-view-2.jpg/View from Green Road. Robin Hood's House is part of the rocks above the church or perhaps situated a little to the right (east) of them / Google Earth Street View.
'Robin Hood's House, East View'. Can this very poor scan help identify the rock? / Baildon, W. Paley; Baildon, Francis J. Baildon and the Baildons: a History of a Yorkshire Manor and Family ([s.l.]; Bradford and London, [1912-26]), plate after p. 114.
'Robin Hood's House, West View'. Can this very poor scan help identify the rock? / Baildon, W. Paley; Baildon, Francis J. Baildon and the Baildons: a History of a Yorkshire Manor and Family ([s.l.]; Bradford and London, [1912-26]), plate after p. 114.