Robin Hood Butts (Clapham)
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 54.114677, -2.450929 |
Adm. div. | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Vicinity | c. 3.6 km E of Bentham; c. 3.8 km W of Clapham |
Type | Natural feature |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1738 |
A.k.a. | Robin Hood But; Robin Hood's Butt; But Hill |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-05-29.
But Hill, c. 3.6 km E of Bentham and c. 3.8 km W of Clapham, in Craven, also known as 'Robin Hood But', Robin Hood Butts or Robin Hoods's Butt, is probably a natural feature.
The name 'Robin Hood Butts' is first recorded with reference to this locality in the 1738 parish register of Thornton-in-Lonsdale.[1] 'Robin Hood But' is included on Jeffery's Map of Yorkshire, prepared 1771 and published the following year (see Maps section and image gallery below). The hill or mound is probably a natural feature but was tentatively included, under the name 'Robin Hood's Butt', in a list of mottes which was published in 1889. It is noted there that it 'is a mound, but its character is doubtful'.[2]
Butt Hill is a small, grassy hill with a scatter of mature trees which looks like it ought to have been a mediaeval motte earthwork. The map lettering does not suggest this, however and it may simply be a natural feature such as a drumlin. Beyond, is Ingleborough (724m).
Formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the area where the hill is situated now belongs administratively to North Yorkshire.
Maps
- Jefferys, Thomas, cartog. The County of York. Survey'd in MDCCLXVII., VIII., IX., and MDCCLXX (London, 1772), sheet 1, southwest tile
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.
- Heritage Gateway: Historic England Research Records: Butt Hill.
- 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
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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.
- ↑ Clark, George T., compil. 'Contribution towards a complete List of Moated Mounds or Burhs', The Archæological Journal, vol. XLVI (1889), pp. 197-217, see p. 207. The mound is incorrectly included under Lancashire.
Image gallery
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'Robin Hood But' near the top-right corner of this detail Jeffery's 1771-72 map of Yorkshire / Huddersfield Exposed: Jefferys' Map of Yorkshire (1771) - sheet 1; digitised by McMaster University; CC BY-NC 2.5 CA licence.
Butt Hill in the foreground, Ingleborough in the background / Karl and Ali, 21 May 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.