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- Pinto, V. de Sola, review. '[Review of:] The Theatre of the London Fairs in the 18th century, by Sybil Rosenfeld (Cambridge University Press, 1960)', Notes & Queries, vol. 8 (1961), p. 277 . Signed "V. de S. Pinto".412 bytes (52 words) - 01:47, 9 January 2021
- The Robin Hood Inn, 51 King Street, Penrith By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-02-06. Revised by … Dating back to the 18th century, the Robin Hood Inn in Penrith is located at 51 King Street. As can be seen … included below, the pub offers 'Quality Libations & Merriment since the 18th century', so presumably it was established sometime in the 1700s. Can anybody tell us which year? Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Background ⁃ FaceBook: Robin Hood-Penrith. File:geograph-911063-by-Kenneth-Allen.jpg|The Robin Hood Inn, 51 King Street, Penrith / Kenneth Allen, 2 Aug. 2008, Creative Commons, via Geograph. File:robin-hood-penrith-google-earth-street-view.jpg|The Robin Hood Inn / Google Earth Street View.2 KB (255 words) - 16:14, 6 February 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-08. Revised by … The phrase Robin Hood's pennyworths signifies something bought at a much lower price than usual, at a robber's price. This proverb was in vogue from around the middle of the 16th century to the early years of the 18th century. Collection and lists ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 291. ⁃ Walker, William 1672a, sig. D4 v. Brief mention ⁃ Gilchrist, Robert Murray 1913a, p. 24. ⁃ Heywood, John 1906a, p. 191. ⁃ Turner, Joseph Horsfall 1893a, p. 203: '"To sell Robin Hood pennyworths," is to sell at half value.' Notes1 KB (143 words) - 06:34, 12 March 2021
- Hathersage Church where the arrows and other Little John relics were found before c. 1750. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-04. Revised by … Little John's arrows together with his bow, helmet and chain mail hung in Hathersage Church until the mid-18th century. The arrows seem to have flown to parts unknown. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ HopeValley.org.uk: Little John - 3 - the great bow. ⁃ Hulbert, Martin F H 1981a (not seen, but cf. preceding).2 KB (244 words) - 15:34, 28 April 2022
- Hathersage Church where the Little John relics were found before c. 1750. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-05. Revised by … Part of Little John's chain mail with his bow, helmet and arrows hung in Hathersage Church until the mid-18th century. The subsequent fate of the chain mail is unknown. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ HopeValley.org.uk: Little John - 3 - the great bow. ⁃ Hulbert, Martin F H 1981a (not seen, but cf. HopeValley.org.uk).2 KB (244 words) - 15:34, 28 April 2022
- Hathersage Church where the Little John relics were kept before c. 1750. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-01. Revised by … A bow, some arrows, a helmet and some chain mail that had allegedly belonged to Little John hung in Hathersage Church until about the middle of the 18th century. According to the quotation below, the bow and helmet were in the collection … who in 1715 married William Spencer of Cannon Hall, near Barnsley. In the mid-18th century, William or his son John (d. 1775) had Little John's bow and armour removed from Hathersage Church to their home, allegedly to protect these items as the church was in a bad state of repair. William Spencer's daughter Ann married Walter Stanhope (who assumed the surname …4 KB (568 words) - 15:33, 28 April 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-28. Revised by … Records relating to persons named Little John historical Little Johns: John Nailor There was a tradition in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the 18th century to the effect that Little John was surnamed Nailor. Ritson, Joseph 1795a, vol. I, pp. v, cxviii, n. LL. The following records are worth noting in this context: Also see ⁃ Criminals named Little John ⁃ Persons surnamed Littlejohn. Notes2 KB (213 words) - 02:07, 1 June 2022
- Plumpton Park would have been located not very far from the point indicated. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-18. Revised by … In the Gest, King Edward is exasperated at noticing the scarcity of deer in Plumpton Park after Robin and his men have been poaching there during their stay with the knight. We should almost certainly take this to be in Lancashire, but it could just possibly be some place King Edward is meant to have visited after his progress in Lancashire. A 'Plumpton Park' is indicated on Jeffery's 1772 Map of Yorkshire in an area c. 500 southeast of Selby, slightly north or west of Barlow Grange. The map has it south of 'Old Carr Wood', north of 'Brackenhill and 'Botany Bay Inn'. Jefferys, Thomas 1772a, sheet 8, row 2, tile 3; web edition at Huddersfield Exposed, digitised by McMaster University. Also see Barlow: Introduction to forthcoming VCH volume, pp. 5-6. The name may have applied to much of the area now bounded by the A63 on the north, East Common Lane …5 KB (728 words) - 17:35, 17 May 2022
- The Robin Hood in Havant. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-02. Revised by … Still in business, the Robin Hood at 6 Homewell in Havant, Hampshire, dates back to the 19th century. According to the pub's own website, the establishment dates back to the 18th century, The Robin Hood. but the pub is officially listed as a grade II building dating back to the 19th century. Historic England: The Robin Hood P.H. 6 Homewell: Official List Entry. A few of the early maps listed below have a 'P.H.' indication, but none gives the name of the pub. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Historic England: The Robin Hood P.H. 6 Homewell: Official List Entry Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXVI.11 (c. 1869; surveyed 1858–65). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXVI.11 (c. 1897; rev. c. 1895). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXXVI.11 (1909; …5 KB (635 words) - 16:43, 8 May 2022
- A plot of land here was formerly known as Plumpton Park Moss. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-26. Revised by … 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 ( m 2 ), and the state of cultivation as …5 KB (704 words) - 17:33, 17 May 2022
- Robin Hood's Butts. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-04. Revised by … Photo courtesy Tim Prevett, MA, producer, consultant and lecturer on slow TV. 'Robin Hood's Butts' is the name of two adjacent Bronze Age bowl barrows in the northern area of the Long Mynd, near Duckley Nab, c. 3 km west of All Stretton. According to Dobson & Taylor, the name was applied to "[a] group of tumuli on the edge of the Long Mynd". Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 303, s.n. Robin Hood's Butts [1]. However, while more than twenty mounds, referred to collectively as the Long Mynd Barrows, are scattered over the plateau, Wikipedia: Long Mynd. the name 'Robin Hood's Butts' seems to be quite consistently applied to only two of them. The name appears on a fairly early O.S. map (1833) and was already in use by the early 18th century. Gelling, Margaret 1990a, pt. I, p. 225, referring to an unspecified MS source in the collection of Shropshire documents in the Local Studies Department of Shropshire …5 KB (739 words) - 13:50, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-28. Revised by … The items listed below all concern historical persons – law-abiding or otherwise – named Little John (John Little, John Petit, Parvus Johannes etc.) 'Petit' and 'Parvus' can of course be French/Latin renderings not only of Little but also of Small or Short. This complication is probably less important for the 14th century and earlier than it would be for a later period, for apart from members of the upper classes, during most of the medieval period most Englishmen's surnames had not yet become fixed. They were still often essentially additional (descriptive) identifiers that could be added to the Christian name in contexts were unambiguous reference was desired. A Small might therefore conceivably appear in another context as a Short or Little or, if he earned his daily bread at the anvil, as a Smith. Nonetheless I have left out of consideration individuals surnamed Small or Short. The list will be long enough …3 KB (391 words) - 02:07, 1 June 2022
- The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-16. Revised by … Robin Hood Lane is a footpath from St Michael's Hill (immediately north of No. 56) to Horfield Road in Bristol. The name would seem to be of 18th century date if not older. The earliest record so far found dates from 1824. Evans, John 1824a, pp. xxii, xxiii. 56 St Michael's Hill is the address of the Robin Hood, a pub which first appears in the records in 1848 but cannot be older than 1841, at which time there was a carpenter's shop there. Before that the building was home to a grocer's shop. According to a website on lost pubs in Bristol – the source of the information just cited – "[t]he name [of the Robin Hood pub] is taken from Robin Hood Lane which runs down the side of the pub and was in existence long before this house became licensed". Bristol's Lost Pubs. While this is possible, it is hardly the whole story. Just after the still existing Robin Hood pub, the same website lists a public …7 KB (972 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Robin Hood Cottages, in former centuries The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-14. Revised by … Includes information kindly contributed by Eric E. Rush. A long defunct Robin Hood pub existed in St Paul's Cray in the 18th century. It seems to have closed in the mid-19th century. The premises, now housing businesses and private homes, still exist, under the name 'Robin Hood Cottages'. Eric E. Rush, who brought this lost Robin Hood pub to IRHB's attention, tells us that it had a stables and was probably a coaching inn. Mail of 28 June 2020 from Eric Rush to Henrik Thiil Nielsen This tallies well with the account in the book Lost Orpington & Around by Phil Waller and Tom Yeeles (2019). Waller, Phil 2019a, p. 84, and see map on p. 85. They note that references to the pub date back to the 1700s and that: There was a coaching route from Chislehurst to St Mary Cray, and another from Chislehurst to Orpington. The Robin Hood Inn was on the St Mary Cray route. During the …6 KB (787 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Robin Hood Court was perhaps near the point indicated. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-24. Revised by … Somewhere between Golden Lane and Goswell Road, then named Goswell Street, was a yard or cul-de-sac named Robin Hood Court in the mid-18th to early 19th century. It is listed in a few topographical handbooks of the period but apparently not included on any maps. Robin Hood Court is included in a list of localities in the Compleat Compting House Companion (1763) Anonymous 1763a, p. 417, s.n. Robin Hood court [1]. and the New Complete Guide (1783). Anonymous 1783a, p. 59 s.n. Robin Hood's court [1]. John Lockie in his Topography of London lists it as "Robinhood-Court, Bell-Alley, Golden-Lane,—the third on the R. from Golden-lane, towards Goswell-street". Bell-Alley led away from Golden Lane at a ninety-degree angle, then turned roughly north to run parallel to Golden Lane, then again turned ninety degrees towards Goswell Road. Somewhere along the route was Robin …5 KB (688 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-07-17. Revised by … County description The Historic Counties Trust describes Cornwall as follows: The Royal Duchy of Cornwall is in the very southwest of Britain. Land's End is the westernmost point of mainland England, and the Lizard its southernmost. Twenty-eight miles southwest of Land's End lie the Isles of Scilly. Cornwall is triangular in shape, surrounded to the north and south by the sea and on the east by the River Tamar, which forms the border with Devon almost from coast to coast. Both coasts provide breathtaking scenery, its granite cliffs beaten by the full force of the Atlantic. Southern Cornwall is a little more protected and has long, twisting creeks bringing the tide deep into the land, which were once ideal for smugglers. Inland are farms and moorland. There are many prehistoric remains on the moors and hills. Cornwall's rough and rugged landscape has inspired poets, novelists and artists for centuries. The old industries (or …3 KB (476 words) - 17:48, 28 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-19. Revised by … County description The Historic Counties Trust describes Cornwall as follows: The Royal Duchy of Cornwall is in the very southwest of Britain. Land's End is the westernmost point of mainland England, and the Lizard its southernmost. Twenty-eight miles southwest of Land's End lie the Isles of Scilly. Cornwall is triangular in shape, surrounded to the north and south by the sea and on the east by the River Tamar, which forms the border with Devon almost from coast to coast. Both coasts provide breathtaking scenery, its granite cliffs beaten by the full force of the Atlantic. Southern Cornwall is a little more protected and has long, twisting creeks bringing the tide deep into the land, which were once ideal for smugglers. Inland are farms and moorland. There are many prehistoric remains on the moors and hills. Cornwall's rough and rugged landscape has inspired poets, novelists and artists for centuries. The old industries (or …3 KB (479 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-30. Revised by … One of the chambers of Robin Hood's Cave in Creswell Crags has been known as 'Robin Hood's Chamber' since the first half of the 18th century if not before. According to the 1841 Allusion cited below, the main chamber of Robin Hood's Cave has openings and passages into 'several other extensive rooms, which, with the rustics in the vicinity, have from generation to generation borne the names of Robin Hood's Pantry, parlour, chamber, etc.' See further the pages on Robin Hood's Cave (Creswell Crags) and Creswell Crags place-name cluster. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (c. 1877; surveyed c. 1873). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (1898; rev. 1897) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (1916; rev. 1914) ⁃ 6" O.S. map …4 KB (570 words) - 16:43, 8 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-30. Revised by … One of the chambers of Robin Hood's Cave in Creswell Crags has been known as 'Robin Hood's Pantry' since the first half of the 18th century if not before. According to the 1841 Allusion cited below, the main chamber of Robin Hood's Cave has openings and passages into 'several other extensive rooms, which, with the rustics in the vicinity, have from generation to generation borne the names of Robin Hood's Pantry, parlour, chamber, etc.' See further the pages on Robin Hood's Cave (Creswell Crags) and Creswell Crags place-name cluster. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (c. 1877; surveyed c. 1873). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (1898; rev. 1897) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (1898; rev. 1897) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XIX.16 (1916; rev. 1914) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Derbyshire …4 KB (570 words) - 16:43, 8 May 2022
- Probable location of 'Callis'. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-31. Revised by … By the last quarter of the 18th century there was evidently a tradition in the Halifax area to the effect that Robin Hood had resided in a house at Callis, a locality on the south side of the Calder, c. 250 m south of Charlestown. John Watson who reports this tradition puts his entry on Callis under the township of Sowerby. Watson, John 1775a, p. 293. Callis is on the western side of Callis Wood, north of Erringden Moor. Among other localities in the vicinity with the element 'Callis' in their names are Callis Wood Bottom, Callis Bridge and Callis Nab. Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. III, pp. 171-72. The early 25" O.S. maps listed below have a 'Callis Wood House' c. 200 m east of Callis. A large, still existing farm there is known locally as Callis House Farm. Charlestown History Group: Callis Wood, Erringden and South Hillside. If not the farm itself then a predecessor was most likely the place …4 KB (636 words) - 18:59, 22 April 2022