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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-08-17. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p | |||
Robin Hood's Wood is a small wood by the bank of River Kent at a point approximately equidistant from Helsington, Natland, and Sedgwick, midway between Low Park Wood and Hawes Wood. In the middle of River Kent, a few meters NW of Robin Hood's Wood is [[Robin Hood's Island (Helsington)|Robin Hood's Island]], a small wooded rock, and ''c.'' 375 m SSW is located [[Robin Hood's Well (Helsington)|Robin Hood's Well]]. The source cited by Dobson & Taylor is "the 1857 Ordnance Survey map" of Westmorland, presumably a 1" map.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 305, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Wood'.</ref> However, the locality is also indicated on a 6" O.S. map that may be a few years older, ''Lancashire'' IX, published 1851-63, but based on surveying carried out 1847-58 (see Maps section below). A small island in a river may have appealed to a child's imagination, and perhaps these three localities were named by children playing in this area? | Robin Hood's Wood is a small wood by the bank of River Kent at a point approximately equidistant from Helsington, Natland, and Sedgwick, midway between Low Park Wood and Hawes Wood. In the middle of River Kent, a few meters NW of Robin Hood's Wood is [[Robin Hood's Island (Helsington)|Robin Hood's Island]], a small wooded rock, and ''c.'' 375 m SSW is located [[Robin Hood's Well (Helsington)|Robin Hood's Well]]. The source cited by Dobson & Taylor is "the 1857 Ordnance Survey map" of Westmorland, presumably a 1" map.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 305, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Wood'.</ref> However, the locality is also indicated on a 6" O.S. map that may be a few years older, ''Lancashire'' IX, published 1851-63, but based on surveying carried out 1847-58 (see Maps section below). A small island in a river may have appealed to a child's imagination, and perhaps these three localities were named by children playing in this area? | ||
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== Gazetteers == | |||
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 305, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Wood'.<!-- | * {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 305, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Wood'.<!-- | ||
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102343721#zoom=6&lat=5171&lon=14408&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' IX (1851-63; surveyed 1847-58)] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102343721#zoom=6&lat=5171&lon=14408&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' IX (1851-63; surveyed 1847-58)] | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102347904#zoom=6&lat=1018&lon=12349&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Westmorland'' XXXVIII (1863; surveyed 1858)] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102347904#zoom=6&lat=1018&lon=12349&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Westmorland'' XXXVIII (1863; surveyed 1858)] | ||
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101105361#zoom=5&lat=1811&lon=5654&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Westmorland'' XXXVIII.SE (1920; rev. 1911)] | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101105361#zoom=5&lat=1811&lon=5654&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Westmorland'' XXXVIII.SE (1920; rev. 1911)] | ||
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101105358#zoom=5&lat=1697&lon=5697&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Westmorland'' XXXVIII.SE (''c.'' 1947; rev. 1938).]<!-- | * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101105358#zoom=5&lat=1697&lon=5697&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Westmorland'' XXXVIII.SE (''c.'' 1947; rev. 1938).]<!-- | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:55, 6 January 2021
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 54.2902, -2.7525 |
Adm. div. | Westmorland |
Vicinity | In River Kent; about equidistant from Helsington, Natland, and Sedgwick; midway between Low Park Wood and Hawes Wood |
Type | Natural feature |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant? |
First Record | 1851-63 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-08-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Robin Hood's Wood is a small wood by the bank of River Kent at a point approximately equidistant from Helsington, Natland, and Sedgwick, midway between Low Park Wood and Hawes Wood. In the middle of River Kent, a few meters NW of Robin Hood's Wood is Robin Hood's Island, a small wooded rock, and c. 375 m SSW is located Robin Hood's Well. The source cited by Dobson & Taylor is "the 1857 Ordnance Survey map" of Westmorland, presumably a 1" map.[1] However, the locality is also indicated on a 6" O.S. map that may be a few years older, Lancashire IX, published 1851-63, but based on surveying carried out 1847-58 (see Maps section below). A small island in a river may have appealed to a child's imagination, and perhaps these three localities were named by children playing in this area?
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 305, s.n. 'Robin Hood's Wood'.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire IX (1851-63; surveyed 1847-58)
- 6" O.S. map Westmorland XXXVIII (1863; surveyed 1858)
- 6" O.S. map Westmorland XXXVIII.SE (1899; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Westmorland XXXVIII.SE (1920; rev. 1911)
- 6" O.S. map Westmorland XXXVIII.SE (c. 1947; rev. 1938).
Brief mention
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 305, s.n. 'Robin Hood's Wood'.