Robin Hood Bank (Edwinstowe)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Robin Hood Bank.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-08. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-08.
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.[1] 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).[2]
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 – Genealogist.co.uk; subscription required)
- Tithe award map for Edwinstowe (1841) (Piece 26, sub-piece 043, sub-piece 001 – Genealogist.co.uk; 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
- 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
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tithe award schedule for Edwinstowe (1841) (Piece 26, sub-piece 043, image 048 – Genealogist.co.uk; subscription required); Tithe award map for Edwinstowe (1841) (Piece 26, sub-piece 043, sub-piece 001 – Genealogist.co.uk; subscription required).