Robin Hood's Mill (Stackhouse)

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Probable approximate location of Robin Hood's Mill. A less likely alternative location is the neighbouring field immediately west of Stainforth Lane.

Robin Hood's Mill was located either in the field where what looks like areas of exposed gravel are visible or, more probably, in the field opposite, on the right side of the road (Stainforth Lane).

The red dots indicate Robin Hood's Mill, top left (possible location) or top right (probable location), with Robin Hood Close just below.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-27. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-07.

Robin Hood's Mill is indicated on an 1851 O.S. 6" map of the Stainforth area (formerly West Riding, now North Yorkshire). The name is included also on later O.S. 6" maps of the area dated 1896 and 1910 (see Maps section below). The mill appears to have been situated in the field between Stainforth Lane to the west and the Ribble to the east, but it is possible it was located in the southeastern corner of the neighbouring field immediately west of Stainforth Lane. Depending on the exact location of the mill, immediately south or southeast of it was Robin Hood Close.

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 132 (1851, surveyed 1847) (Robin Hood's Mill indicated).
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXXXII (1896, surveyed 1893-94) (Robin Hood's Mill indicated).
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXXXII.NW (1910, surveyed 1907) (Robin Hood's Mill indicated).

Notes

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  Robin Hood's Mill was located either in the field where what looks like areas of exposed gravel are visible or, more probably, in the field opposite, on the right side of the road (Stainforth Lane).

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  The red dots indicate Robin Hood's Mill, top left (possible location) or top right (probable location), with Robin Hood Close just below.