Thoresby Hall (Perlethorpe)

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Approximate location of Thoresby Hall.

Thoresby Hall, by E.W. Haslehust (from: Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), plate facing p. 42).

Robin Hood [Statue, Thoresby Hall, Ollerton] (postcard, without publisher, place or date / Private collection.

Robin Hood Statue, Thoresby Hall, Ollerton (Frith's postcard, n.d / Private collection.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-09.

Thoresby Hall, which was rebuilt in the period 1864-75, has a wooden fireplace in the library with carvings of Robin Hood and Little John. In the forecourt is a statue of Robin Hood.

Gazetteers

Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 303.

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1884; surveyed 1883-84)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1900; rev. 1897-98)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1921; rev. 1915)

Background

• Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), pp. 39-48: "Thoresby"; describes the mansion and park as they were in 1913, pp. 39-40
• Notts Art History: Reflections on the Legacy of Marie Louise Roosevelt Pierrepoint, Countesss Manvers.

Also see

• Thoresby Hall place-name cluster.