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Approximate location of Robin Hood's Stride

Robin Hood's Stride / J147, 11 Sep. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-14. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-29.

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

Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 297.

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.

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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

Sandred Karl Inge; Lindström, Bengt, Cornford, B.; Rutledge, P.; Schram, O.K., compil. The Place-Names of Norfolk (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXI, LXXI, LXXIX) (Nottingham, 1989-2002), pt. III, p. xvii.

Notes

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Robin Hood's Stride / J147, 11 Sep. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Robin Hood's Stride from the southeast / Andrew Hill, 11 Apr. 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Robin Hood's Stride from the north / Tom Heyes, on or before 10 Jun. 2009, Attribution-No Derivative Works, via Panoramio.
Robin Hood's Stride / Andrew Hill, 12 Apr. 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Robin Hood's Stride. 'Seen from the footpath approaching from the lane near Harthill Moor Farm' / Andrew Hill, 11 Apr. 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Robin Hood's Stride. western end of main formation / Andrew Hill, 11 Apr. 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Robin Hood's Stride / Graham Hogg, 20 jul. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Outlying rocks at Robin Hood's Stride / Andrew Hill, 11 Apr. 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph
View of Robin Hood's Stride / 18 Jul. 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Rock outcrop at Robin Hood's Stride / Martin Speck, 3 May 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Robin Hood's Stride / J147, 11 Sep. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph
Robin Hood's Stride / Plate from unknown book.
Stone circle near Robin Hood's Stride / Plate from unknown book.
Robin-hoods-stride-unknown-source.jpg

Robin Hood's Stride / Plate from unknown book.

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[1] Wikipedia: Robin Hood's Stride.

[2] Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 297.

[3] Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), vol. I, p. 109.

[4] Cameron, Kenneth. The Place-Names of Derbyshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXVII-XXIX) (Cambridge, 1959), pt. III (vol. XXIX), p. 760.

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-File:Rhs stride tom heyes.jpg|Robin Hood's Stride / [http://www.panoramio.com/user/2623468 Tom Heyes.]
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-File:Geograph-2359579-by-Andrew-Hill.jpg|Robin Hood's Stride / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/17057 Andrew Hill.]
+File:Geograph-2359579-by-Andrew-Hill.jpg|Robin Hood's Stride. 'Seen from the footpath approaching from the lane near Harthill Moor Farm' / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2359579 Andrew Hill, 11 Apr. 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph]
-File:Rhs stride andrew hill.jpg|Robin Hood's Stride / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2359582 Andrew Hill.]
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+File:geograph-3561104-by-Neil-Theasby.jpg|View of Robin Hood's Stride / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3561104 18 Jul. 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph]
+File:geograph-2928714-by-Martin-Speck.jpg|Rock outcrop at Robin Hood's Stride / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2928714 Martin Speck, 3 May 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph]
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