Robin Hood Butts (Clapham)
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The locality named Robin Hood Butts was located somewhere within the township
of Bentham, which includes High Bentham and Low Bentham.
of Bentham, which includes High Bentham and Low Bentham.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.
The place-name "Robin Hood Butts" figures in an entry in the parish register of Thornton-in-Lonsdale from 1738. A.H. Smith's lists it as a field-name.[1] I have not been able to locate this field or place on O.S. maps of the area.Template:PnItemQry
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.
Sources
- Chippindall, W. H., ed. The Parish Register of Thornton-in-Lonsdale, 1576-1812 (Yorkshire Parish Register Society, vol. 89) ([Leeds?], 1931). Not seen, but cf. A.H. Smith.
- Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63), pt. VI, p. 241.
Background
Notes
- ↑ Chippindall, W. H., ed. The Parish Register of Thornton-in-Lonsdale, 1576-1812 (Yorkshire Parish Register Society, vol. 89) ([Leeds?], 1931). Not seen, but cf. Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63), pt. VI, p. 241.