Robin Hood's Well Clough (Whitworth)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.6752, -2.2054 |
Adm. div. | Lancashire |
Vicinity | On Jackson's Moor, c. 2 km NW of Whitworth |
Type | Natural feature |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1851 |
Robin Hood's Well Clough.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Robin Hood's Well Clough on Jacksons' Moor above Whitworth is named after Robin Hood's Well. The name first appears on a 6" O.S. map published 1851, based on a survey carried out 1844-48. It is still in use.[1]
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
Maps
- O.S. maplet at Geograph
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.3 (1893; surveyed 1891)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.3 (1910; rev. 1908) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.3 (1910; rev. 1908)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.3 (1929; rev. 1928)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX (1851; surveyed 1844-48)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.NE (1894; surveyed 1891)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.NE (1912; rev. 1909) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.NE (1912; rev. 1909)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.NE (1931; rev. 1928)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire LXXX.NE (1947; rev. 1938).
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