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[[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|500px|right|Robin Hood's Well or one of the two neighbouring springs / {{:Sutcliffe, Halliwell 1899a}}, pp. 34-36; artist George Hering.]]<div class="no-img">
<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>
"Robin Hood Well" is listed by A. H. Smith<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. III, p. 270.</ref> under the parish of Stanbury. According to Paul Bennett,<ref>See [http://megalithix.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/robin-hoods-well-stanbury Northern Antiquary]</ref> this little natural well high on Stanbury Moor is "[f]irst described in 1852". He does not cite a source for this, and if the word "described" is used advisedly, his source is one I have not come across so far, However, the earliest record I have found of this place-name is the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1851, based on surveying carried out in 1848 (see Maps section below). All O.S. maps on which the well is labelled use the form 'Robin Hood Well'.

The well was noted in passing by J. Horsfall Turner in 1879 and by Johnnie Gray in 1891 (see Allusions below). Sutcliffe in 1899 gave a brief description of this spring and its close neighbours [[Little John's Well (Stanbury)|Little John's Well]] and [[Will Scarlet's Well (Stanbury)|Will Scarlet's Well]] (see Allusions below), noting that they were "[h]alf-hidden underground, and fringed with fern and bog-weed".<ref>{{:Sutcliffe, Halliwell 1899a}}, pp. 34-36.</ref> Paul Bennett, cited above, notes that Robin Hood's Well is "little more than a small boggy spring of water emerging from the edge of the ridge", whereas Sutcliffe wondered who constructed the wells and his account is accompanied by illustrations by George Hering which clearly show near each well a rock or two that could have been placed there by someone, though this could hardly be regarded as construction work. {{PlaceNamesItemAllusionsAndRecords}}
== Gazetteers ==
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 311 [2]
* [https://megalithix.wordpress.com/sites/holy-wells/ Northern Antiquarian: Holy Wells, Healing Springs & Spas.]

== Sources ==
* {{:Gray, Johnnie 1891a}}, p. 189
* [http://megalithix.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/robin-hoods-well-stanbury Northern Antiquary: Robin Hood’s Well, Stanbury Moor, West Yorkshire]
* {{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. III, p. 270
* {{:Sutcliffe, Halliwell 1899a}}, pp. 34-36.

== Maps ==
Little John's and Will Scarlet's wells are not labelled on any of these maps.
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.8245&lon=-2.0294&layers=168&b=1 25" O.S. maps] (no map overlays as of 1 Jan. 20118) (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344902#zoom=7&lat=3149&lon=14466&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' 199 (1851; surveyed 1848)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101101724#zoom=4&lat=5093&lon=5731&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' LVII.SE (1895: rev. 1892)] (springs indicated without labels)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100946396#zoom=5&lat=3749&lon=7735&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CXCIX.SW & SE (1896; surveyed 1892)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100946393#zoom=5&lat=3676&lon=7545&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CXCIX.SW & SE (1910; rev. 1906)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101101721#zoom=5&lat=5565&lon=6094&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' LVII.SE (1915: rev. 1909-10)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.8227&lon=-2.0328&layers=6&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' LVII.SE (1915: rev. 1909-10)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102339342#zoom=5&lat=5491&lon=6136&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' LVII.SE (''c.'' 1946; rev. 1910)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.8242&lon=-2.0341&layers=10&b=1 1:25,000 SD93 (1954; surveyed 1938)] (wells shown and labelled "Sprs") (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.8231&lon=-2.0317&layers=1&b=1 1" O.S. Sheet 69 (Outline) (1899; rev. 1896)] (wells not shown) (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.8231&lon=-2.0317&layers=161&b=1 1" O.S. Sheet 69 (Hills) (1899; rev. 1896)] (wells not shown) (georeferenced)
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