Robin Hood (Whatstandwell)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Revision as of 17:35, 2 June 2017 by Henryfunk (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "Category:Place-Names-topics" to "Category:Place-names-topics")
Locality | |
---|---|
Coordinates | 53.0912, -1.505 |
Adm. div. | Derbyshire |
Vicinity | c. 6 km SE of Matlock |
Type | Settlement |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1884 |
Site of Robin Hood Saw Mill.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-02.
Robin Hood is a hamlet in Whatstandwell, Derbyshire. The earliest record I have found of it is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1884 (see Maps section below). Appropriately, there is a Robin Hood Cottage in Robin Hood.
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
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV.SE (1884; surveyed 1879)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV.SE (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV (1924; rev. 1920)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV (c. 1949; rev. 1938).
Also see
"th" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 19.