Plumpton Park Moss (Tarleton)

From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality
Coordinate 53.6821, -2.8462
Adm. div. Lancashire
Vicinity On E side of Johnson's Meanygate, c. 350 m N of Gorse Lane, Tarleton
Type Area
Interest Literary locale
Status Defunct?
First Record 1845
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A plot of land here was formerly known as Plumpton Park Moss.
A field here was known as Plumpton Park Moss around the mid-18th century / Google Earth Street View

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-26. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-17.

In 1845, a plot of arable land in Tarleton was known as Plumpton Park Moss. It was situated on the east side of Johnson's Meanygate, c. 350 m north of Gorse Lane.

'Plumpton Park' is the name in the Gest of Robyn Hode of an area in Wyresdale, where King Edward discovers to his chagrin that Robin Hood has severely depleted the stock of deer. This Plumpton Park is thus not identical with that in Tarleton, but since various other localities than that in Wyresdale have been suggested as the intended locale, IRHB considers it of some interest to compile as full a list as possible of localities with this name.

The field name occurs in the 1845 tithe award for the parish of Tarleton, where the landowners are recorded as Sir Thomas Hesketh and George Anthony Legh Keck, the occupier as George Dandy, its area as 3 acres and 24 perches (12747.6 m2), and the state of cultivation as arable.[1]

The contours of the field are indicated on the earlier of the 25 and 6" O.S. maps of the area listed below. See the adapted map detail in the image gallery below, where the field is coloured maroon.

Gazetteers

MS sources

  • 1845 tithe award for Ryhill parish, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 299, Image 082, #1672 (£)
  • accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 299, Sub-Image 001 (£).

Maps

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Notes

  1. 1845 tithe award for Ryhill parish, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 299, Image 082, #1672 (£); accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 299, Sub-Image 001 (£).


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