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.

A group of large, probably entirely natural, stones on the slope of Baildon Bank, above Baildon Green, was or is known as 'Robin Hood's House'.

An old Yorkshire local historian writing in the early 20th century was convinced it was a cromlech: he believed some, but not all, of the stones had 'been placed in position by man' (see 1913 allusion below). A modern writer on Yorkshire traditions observes, in contrast, that there are no clear indications it was a burial chamber, and 'early antiquarians often misinterpreted natural features for artificial ones'. Template:PnItemQry

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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