Robin Hood (Whatstandwell)
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Site of Robin Hood Saw Mill.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-04.
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