Robin Hood Wood (Silsden)

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Approximate location of Robin Hood Wood.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-09-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-21.

Robin Hood Wood barely deserves the name of wood, consisting of just two small stands of trees 300 or 400 m NE of Holden Lane and Robin Hood's Stone about halfway between West Norton and Silsden. The first reference to this place-name that I have found so far is the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1909, based on surveying done in 1906. The 1853 map indicates a few trees but includes no name for them.

A PDF leaflet from Bradford Metropolitan District County (2010) describing a walking route in the area, has an excellent map on which the wood and the nearby Robin Hood's Stone are both indicated.

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

• City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Countryside & Rights of Way Services. Black Pots & Rivock Plantation (Bradford, 2010).

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 185 (1853: surveyed 1848) (indicates an unnamed stand of trees)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXXV.NE (1909: rev. 1906)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXXV.NE (1937: rev. 1934)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXXV.NE (1947: rev. 1938).

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