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Robin Wood's Rock.

Robin Wood's Rock from the air / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-09. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.

Robin Wood's Rock is a whin point in the North Sea, c. 480 meters from the coast at high tide, c. 140 meters at low tide, in Beadnell Bay, Northumberland. As Dobson & Taylor note, 'Wood' was a not uncommon alternative for 'Hood' in the 17th and 18th centuries.^[1] For other examples of 'Wood' for 'Hood', see the page on Wood for Hood. A standard work on the coastal geography of England and Wales cites the name of this locality as 'Robin Hood's Rock'.^[2] So far the earliest reference I have is the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1886 (see Maps section below).

Gazetteers

Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 300, s.n. Robin Hood's Rock.

Sources

Steers, J.A. The Coastline of England and Wales (Cambridge, 1946), p. 454.

Maps

Background

Notes

↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 300, s.n. Robin Hood's Rock.
↑ Steers, J.A. The Coastline of England and Wales (Cambridge, 1946), p. 454.

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Robin Wood's Rock from the air / Google Earth Street View.
Robin Wood's Rock partly exposed by the ebbing tide / Russel Wills, Creative Commons via Geograph.
Robin Wood's Rock fully exposed by the low tide / N. Chadwick, Creative Commons via Geograph.

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[1] Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 300, s.n. Robin Hood's Rock.

[2] Steers, J.A. The Coastline of England and Wales (Cambridge, 1946), p. 454.

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 Robin Wood's Rock is a whin point in the North Sea, ''c.'' 480 meters from the coast at high tide, ''c.'' 140 meters at low tide, in Beadnell Bay, Northumberland. As Dobson & Taylor note, 'Wood' was a not uncommon alternative for 'Hood' in the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 300, ''s.n.'' Robin Hood's Rock.</ref> For other examples of 'Wood' for 'Hood', see the page on [[Wood for Hood]]. A standard work on the coastal geography of England and Wales cites the name of this locality as 'Robin Hood's Rock'.<ref>{{:Steers, J A 1946a}}, p. 454.</ref> So far the earliest reference I have is the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1886 (see Maps section below).
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