Robin Hood's Well (Birtley)

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Robin Hood's Well, Birtley.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood's Well is at or near the point indicated with a red dot / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-03-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-08.

Robin Hood's Well c. 1.6 km west of Birtley, Northumberland, is recorded on a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1868.

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

Labelled "Robin Hood's Well" unless otherwise indicated.

• 25" O.S. map Northumberland (Old Series) LXXVI.3 (c. 1866; surveyed c. 1861-62). No Copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Northumberland (Old Series) LXXVI.3 (1896; rev. 1895)
• 25" O.S. map Northumberland (Old Series) LXXVI.3 (1896; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Northumberland LXXVI (1866; surveyed 1862)
• 6" O.S. map Northumberland LXXVI.NE (1897; rev. 1895)
• 6" O.S. map Northumberland LXXVI.NE (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Northumberland nLXXIII.SE (1925; rev. 1920)
• 6" O.S. map Northumberland nLXXIII.SE (1952; rev. 1946)
• 1:25,000 O.S. map NY87 (1959; surveyed 1952) (georeferenced). Label: "Wells"
• 1:1 million–1-10K (1900s) (georeferenced)

Background

• Wikipedia: Birtley

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