Thoresby Hall (Perlethorpe)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Approximate location of Thoresby Hall.
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
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, by E.W. Haslehust (from: Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), plate facing p. 42).
Anonymous. Robin Hood [Statue, Thoresby Hall, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire] ([s.l.], [s.d]) / Private collection.