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Robin Hood's Stride is the name of a formation of broken gritstone rocks on Hartle Moor close to the village of Elton. There is a pinnacle at either end of the formation, that to the west being known as the Weasel pinnacle and that to the east as the Inaccessible pinnacle.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood's_Stride Wikipedia: Robin Hood's Stride.]</ref> The formation is said to owe its name to the belief that the distance between the two pinnacles was equal to the length of Robin Hood's step or stride.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 297.</ref> The alternative name of Mock Beggar's Hall is due to the general resemblance of the entire formation to a hall (manor house) with each pinnacle as a "chimney" at either end of the "building". The name Robin Hood's Stride is first recorded in an 1819 enclosure award.<ref>{{:Cameron, Kenneth 1959a}}, vol. I, p. 109.</ref> As Kenneth Cameron notes in one of the English Place-Name Society volumes on Derbyshire, this and all other Robin Hood-related place-names in Derbyshire are first recorded at a late date.<ref>{{:Cameron, Kenneth 1959a}}, pt. III (vol. XXIX), p. 760.</ref> | Robin Hood's Stride is the name of a formation of broken gritstone rocks on Hartle Moor close to the village of Elton. There is a pinnacle at either end of the formation, that to the west being known as the Weasel pinnacle and that to the east as the Inaccessible pinnacle.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood's_Stride Wikipedia: Robin Hood's Stride.]</ref> The formation is said to owe its name to the belief that the distance between the two pinnacles was equal to the length of Robin Hood's step or stride.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 297.</ref> The alternative name of Mock Beggar's Hall is due to the general resemblance of the entire formation to a hall (manor house) with each pinnacle as a "chimney" at either end of the "building". The name Robin Hood's Stride is first recorded in an 1819 enclosure award.<ref>{{:Cameron, Kenneth 1959a}}, vol. I, p. 109.</ref> As Kenneth Cameron notes in one of the English Place-Name Society volumes on Derbyshire, this and all other Robin Hood-related place-names in Derbyshire are first recorded at a late date.<ref>{{:Cameron, Kenneth 1959a}}, pt. III (vol. XXIX), p. 760.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:15, 18 December 2017
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-14. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.
Robin Hood's Stride is the name of a formation of broken gritstone rocks on Hartle Moor close to the village of Elton. There is a pinnacle at either end of the formation, that to the west being known as the Weasel pinnacle and that to the east as the Inaccessible pinnacle.[1] The formation is said to owe its name to the belief that the distance between the two pinnacles was equal to the length of Robin Hood's step or stride.[2] The alternative name of Mock Beggar's Hall is due to the general resemblance of the entire formation to a hall (manor house) with each pinnacle as a "chimney" at either end of the "building". The name Robin Hood's Stride is first recorded in an 1819 enclosure award.[3] As Kenneth Cameron notes in one of the English Place-Name Society volumes on Derbyshire, this and all other Robin Hood-related place-names in Derbyshire are first recorded at a late date.[4]
Robin Hood's Stride is a popular tourist attraction.
Gazetteers
Sources
- Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), vol. I, p. 109; pt. III, p. 760.
- Wikipedia: Robin Hood's Stride.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXVIII.SE (1884; surveyed 1877-78)
- [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101167655#zoom=6&lat=4683&lon=10720&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 111 (Hills) (1897)
- [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101167658#zoom=6&lat=4610&lon=11618&layers=BT 1" O.S. map Sheet 111 (Outline) (1897)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXVIII.SE (1900; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXVIII (1923; rev. 1919-20)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXVIII.SE (1923; rev. 1919-20).
Discussion
- Ackerley, Fred G. 'Robin Hood's Stride', Notes & Queries, Series 10, vol. II (1904), p. 246; suggests the hill was used as a fort in prehistoric times, possibly connected with the nearby "Castle Ring" site.
Brief mention
Notes
- ↑ Wikipedia: Robin Hood's Stride.
- ↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 297.
- ↑ Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), vol. I, p. 109.
- ↑ Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), pt. III (vol. XXIX), p. 760.
Robin Hood's Stride / Andrew Hill.
Robin Hood's Stride / Tom Heyes.
Robin Hood's Stride / Andrew Hill.
Robin Hood's Stride / Andrew Hill.
Robin Hood's Stride / Andrew Hill.
Robin Hood's Stride / J147.
Robin Hood's Stride /Plate from unknown book.
Stone circle near Robin Hood's Stride / Plate from unknown book.
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Robin Hood's Stride / Plate from unknown book.
