Robin Hood's House (Baildon Green)

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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

• Kai Roberts: Old Elmet Dreaming: Tag Archives: Robin Hood: The Folklore of Shipley Glen & Baildon Moor.

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

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  Robin Hood's House would be a little to the right and below centre of this photo / Google Earth Street View.

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  View from Green Road. Robin Hood's House is part of the rocks above the buildings or perhaps situated a little to the right (east) of them / Google Earth Street View.

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  '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.

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  '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.

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