Robin Hood Bank (Edwinstowe)

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Robin Hood Bank.

This photo of a rope swing over River Maun at Edwinstowe was taken from a point quite close to Robin Hood Bank, perhaps about 75 meters west of it / Photo: simonjj7777 via Panoramio.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-08. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-01.

Robin Hood Bank was (is?) the name of a short stretch, c. 170 m, of the north bank of River Maune. Gover, Mawer and Stenton in the English Place-Name Society's volume on Nottinghamshire list the name without indicating the situation of the locality to which it was applied, referring to a "c. 1840" tithe award. In fact the tithe award is dated 1841. The land was then owned by an Elizabeth Webster, the occupier being a Miles Webster. The land was characterized as wood, measuring 1 acre, 1 rood and 39 perches (Template:AcreRoodPerchToM2 m²). Template:PnItemQry

Gazetteers

• Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 302, s.n. 'Robin Hood Farm'
• Field, John; compil. English Field Names: a Dictionary (Newton Abbot, ©1972), p. 183, s.n. 'Robin Hood Bank'.

MS sources

• Tithe award schedule for Edwinstowe (1841) (Piece 26, sub-piece 043, image 048 – The Genealogist; subscription required)
• Tithe award map for Edwinstowe (1841) (Piece 26, sub-piece 043, sub-piece 001 – The Genealogist; subscription required).

Printed sources

• Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M. The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XVII) (Cambridge, 1940), p. 78, and see p. 302.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.4 (c. 1885; surveyed c. 1884). No Copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.4 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.4 (1898; rev. 1897)
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.4 (1917; rev. 1914)
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.4 (1946; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.NE (1884; surveyed 1883-84)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.NE (1900; rev. 1897)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.NE (1900; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.NE (1920; rev. 1914)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXIII.NE (c. 1948; rev. 1938).

Background

• Wikipedia: Edwinstowe

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