Robin Hood's Well (Whitworth): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinate	53.6749, -2.2065
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	On Jackson's Moor, c. 2 km NW of Whitworth
Type	Natural feature
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1831

Revision as of 23:57, 5 January 2021

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Robin Hood's Well.

The red arrow indicates the approximate location of Robin Hood's Well / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-12. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-05.

A well on Jacksons' Moor above Whitworth was known as 'Robin Hood's Well' by 1831. It gave its name to the ravine in which it is situated.

Robin Hood's Well is first mentioned in John Roby's Traditions of Lancashire, Second Series, published in 1831 (see Allusions below). The earliest map evidence appears to be a 6" O.S. map published in 1851, based on a survey carried out 1844-48. Later maps show the tracks of an industrial railway running across the area in which the well is situated, but while the railway is long gone, the well is still there. A recent article in a regional newspaper notes that "Robin Hood’s well is still visited".^[1]Template:PnItemQry

Gazetteers

Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.

Maps

Discussion

Freethy, Ron. 'Healey, Whitworth Walk', Lancashire Telegraph (11 Mar. 2009), p. ?

Brief mention

Coronation Power. Rooley Moor Wind Farm Environmental Statement. Appendix 11.2: Gazetteer of Non-Designated Heritage Assets within 1km of the Application Site ([s.l.], [c. 2006]), p. [17].

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Notes

↑ Freethy, Ron. 'Healey, Whitworth Walk', Lancashire Telegraph (11 Mar. 2009), p. ?

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[1] Freethy, Ron. 'Healey, Whitworth Walk', Lancashire Telegraph (11 Mar. 2009), p. ?

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