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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
According to the well-known place-name specialist A. H. Smith, the first mention of the hamlet or village named Robin Hood c. 2.5 km south-west of Rothwell is found in an 1841 MS Tithe Award.<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. II, p. 138</ref> Dobson & Taylor refer to an O.S. map from the same year.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 308.</ref> IRHB has not yet been able to locate the tithe award, unless Smith was in fact referring to the map drawn in 1841 for the tithe award, dating from 1838-41, for the neighbouring township of Lofthouse in the parish of Rothwell. This includes 'Robin Hood Quarry', in the main map as well as an insert.<ref>1841 tithe map for the township of Lofthouse in the Parish of Rothwell, online at the [https://www.thegenealogist.com/ Genealogist.co.uk], Piece 43, sub-piece 268, Image 207 (£).</ref> A quarry is of course not quite a village but it may have lent its name to the small community that came into being when, according to a (local) contributor to Wikipedia, a mine was opened in the mid-19th century and miners settled in the neighbourhood.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood,_West_Yorkshire Wikipedia: Robin Hood, West Yorkshire], apparently written by someone connected with the area.</ref> The mine closed in the 1960s, and the village is now a residential area. Several localities in the area are/were named after Robin Hood (the village and/or the outlaw).{{PlaceNamesItemAllusionsAndRecords}} | |||
== Gazetteers == | |||
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 308, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood'. | * {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 308, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood'. | ||
== Sources == | |||
* {{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. II, p. 138. | * {{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. II, p. 138. | ||
== Background == | |||
* 1841 tithe map for the township of Lofthouse in the Parish of Rothwell, online at the [https://www.thegenealogist.com/ Genealogist.co.uk], Piece 43, sub-piece 268, Image 207 (£). | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood,_West_Yorkshire Wikipedia: Robin Hood, West Yorkshire]; brief but useful on the village, but the discussion of its alleged Robin Hood associations is misguided. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood,_West_Yorkshire Wikipedia: Robin Hood, West Yorkshire]; brief but useful on the village, but the discussion of its alleged Robin Hood associations is misguided. | ||
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== Notes == | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:17, 22 April 2022
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.741278, -1.508186 |
Adm. div. | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Vicinity | c. 2.5 km SW of Rothwell |
Type | Settlement |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1841 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-22.
According to the well-known place-name specialist A. H. Smith, the first mention of the hamlet or village named Robin Hood c. 2.5 km south-west of Rothwell is found in an 1841 MS Tithe Award.[1] Dobson & Taylor refer to an O.S. map from the same year.[2] IRHB has not yet been able to locate the tithe award, unless Smith was in fact referring to the map drawn in 1841 for the tithe award, dating from 1838-41, for the neighbouring township of Lofthouse in the parish of Rothwell. This includes 'Robin Hood Quarry', in the main map as well as an insert.[3] A quarry is of course not quite a village but it may have lent its name to the small community that came into being when, according to a (local) contributor to Wikipedia, a mine was opened in the mid-19th century and miners settled in the neighbourhood.[4] The mine closed in the 1960s, and the village is now a residential area. Several localities in the area are/were named after Robin Hood (the village and/or the outlaw).
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 308, s.n. 'Robin Hood'.
Sources
- Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63), pt. II, p. 138.
Background
- 1841 tithe map for the township of Lofthouse in the Parish of Rothwell, online at the Genealogist.co.uk, Piece 43, sub-piece 268, Image 207 (£).
- Wikipedia: Robin Hood, West Yorkshire; brief but useful on the village, but the discussion of its alleged Robin Hood associations is misguided.
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63), pt. II, p. 138
- ↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 308.
- ↑ 1841 tithe map for the township of Lofthouse in the Parish of Rothwell, online at the Genealogist.co.uk, Piece 43, sub-piece 268, Image 207 (£).
- ↑ Wikipedia: Robin Hood, West Yorkshire, apparently written by someone connected with the area.