Little John's Croft (Warton)

Locality
Coordinate	53.7357, -2.8907
Adm. div.	Lancashire
Vicinity	Between Warton Aerodrome and the Ribble; Warton, Kirkham
Type	Area
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct
First Record	1841

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The former Little John's Croft.

A plot of land here by the Ribble was formerly known as Little John's Croft / Google Earth Street View (click or tap to enlarge).

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-29. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-22.

In 1841 a piece of pasture, practically part of the mud flats on the north bank of the Ribble, c. 1.1 km southeast of the present settlement of Warton Bank, was known as Little John's Croft. It was situated immediately south of the area now occupied by Warton Aerodrome.

The plot is listed as 'Little John's Croft' in the 1841 tithe award for the township of Warton in the parish of Kirkham. Its area was 1 acre and 3 perches (4122.73 m²), its owner and occupier Elizabeth Penketh, its state of cultivation meadow. The contours of the field are clearly indicated on the earliest of the 6" O.S. maps listed below. See the map detail included in the image gallery below where Little John's Close is indicated in maroon.

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.

MS sources

• 1841 tithe award for township of Warton in the parish of Kirkham, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 324, Image 018, #270 (£)
• accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 324, Sub-Image 001, #270 (£).

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXVIII.1 (c. 1893; surveyed c. 1891). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.4 (1910; rev. 1909) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXVIII.1 (1911; rev. 1909)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXVII (1848; surveyed 1844–45)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXVII.NE (1894; surveyed 1891–92)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXVII.NE (1912; rev. 1908) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXVII.NE (1912; rev. 1908)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXVII.NE (1932; rev. 1929–30)
• 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXVII.NE (1948; rev. 1938).

Background

• Wikipedia: Warton Aerodrome.

Notes

Image gallery

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  A plot of land here by the Ribble was formerly known as Little John's Croft / Google Earth Street View (click or tap to enlarge).

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  Little John's Croft indicated in maroon. It extended a bit east, beyond the are covered by this map segment / Detail of 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXVII (1848; surveyed 1844–45); reprod. with perm. of NLS; under Creative Commons Attrib. (CC-BY) license; adapt. Henrik Thiil Nielsen.

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