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Judging from Google aerial photos taken in 2020, the grounds of Nottingham Castle have been turned into a building site, and the Robin Hood topiary that sat somewhere near the | Judging from Google aerial photos taken in 2020, the grounds of Nottingham Castle have been turned into a building site, and the Robin Hood topiary that sat somewhere near the | ||
[[Nottingham Castle Gatehouse (Nottingham)|gatehouse]] seems to have vanished. Will it return when the renovation project is finished? While the topiary may be a few decades older than this, the earliest evidence IRHB curently has dates from 2004.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/jul/22/art 'Pleasure Garden', ''The Guardian'' (2004.06.22)], by Robert Clark.</ref> | [[Nottingham Castle Gatehouse (Nottingham)|gatehouse]] seems to have vanished. Will it return when the renovation project is finished? While the topiary may be a few decades older than this, the earliest evidence IRHB curently has dates from 2004.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/jul/22/art 'Pleasure Garden', ''The Guardian'' (2004.06.22)], by Robert Clark.</ref> | ||
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== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
Revision as of 10:51, 12 October 2020
Nottingham Castle.
[[File:|thumb|right|350px|The Robin Hood topiary at Nottingham Castle / Paul 'Tuna' Turner, unknown date, Pinterest.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-12. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-12.
Judging from Google aerial photos taken in 2020, the grounds of Nottingham Castle have been turned into a building site, and the Robin Hood topiary that sat somewhere near the gatehouse seems to have vanished. Will it return when the renovation project is finished? While the topiary may be a few decades older than this, the earliest evidence IRHB curently has dates from 2004.[1] 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
- Clark, Robert. 'Pleasure Garden', The Guardian (2004.06.22).
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.6 (1884; surveyed 1879–80)
- 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.6 (1901; rev. 1899) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.6 (1901; rev. 1899)
- 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.6 (1915; rev. 1913)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1885; surveyed 1880–81)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1901; rev. 1899) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1901; rev. 1899)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1920; rev. 1919)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (c. 1947; rev. 1938).
Background
- Green, Emanuel. 'Nottingham Castle', The Archaeological Journal, vol. LVIII, Second Series, vol. VIII (1901), pp. 365-97
- Nottingham Castle Project
- Wikipedia: Nottingham Castle.
Notes
- ↑ 'Pleasure Garden', The Guardian (2004.06.22), by Robert Clark.