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Goldsborough. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-06. Revised by }}, - -. Goldsborough has a tenuous connection with the Robin Hood tradition in that the name of this town was the surname of one of the three persons who, according to [1568 - Grafton, Richard - Chronicle at large|Richard Grafton] and Nathaniel Johnston, lay buried in the original Robin Hood's Grave at Kirklees Priory. On Johnston's drawing the slab bears the inscription "Here lie robard Hude Willm Goldburgh Thoms". Administratively Goldsborough now belongs to North Yorkshire. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 263-311. Sources ⁃ Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. V, pp. 15-16. Maps ⁃ 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 155 (1853; surveyed 1846-51) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLV.SW (1895; surveyed 1892) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLV.SW (1910; surveyed 1907) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLV.SW (1952; surveyed 1950.) Brief mention ⁃ Harris, P J 1950a. …

Robin Hood's Cottage. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-15. Revised by … Robin Hood's Cottage is located very close to Robin Hood's Grave in Park Bottom Wood within the Kirklees estate. It may be a more recent name for what is indicated on O.S. maps of the area dating from 1854 to 1949 as Robin Hood Malt Kiln. See Maps section. The name "Robin Hood's Cottage" does not occur on these maps. In fact Dobson & Taylor's mention of … 309. is the earliest I have found, and the grid reference they provide indicates a spot not far from the area that is labelled "Robin Hood Malt Kiln" on the earlier 6" O.S. maps. The Google Maps satellite image of the area does not appear to show anything but trees there, but estate agent's material from the recent sale of Kirklees Farm notes that "A repair notice has been received in respect of Robin Hood’s Cottage. English Heritage has in principle agreed to provide a £100,000 loan." See …

Robin Hood Mill By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-17. Revised by … Robin Hood Mill seems to have been established by 1823. See MS sources section below. From 1840 to 1874 if not later, the tenant was Ramsden, Camm & Company, manufacturers of telegraph wire, … Calderdale Companion: Mills & Mines R. Like the nearby Little John Mill, The Robin Hood Mill was built on land owned by the Armytage family of Kirklees Hall. Since they owned the land on which Robin Hood's alleged Grave is found, it is a reasonable guess that they suggested these names for the mills. Robin Hood Mill was probably one of the properties sandwiched in between Clifton … account for the address being variously given as one or the other. Also see Robin Hood Wire Works. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources The following papers among the of Kirklees and the Armytage Family", at West Yorkshire …

Robin Hood Malt Kiln. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-21. Revised by … Robin Hood Malt Kiln is indicated on an 1854 O.S. map of the Huddersfield area that was based on surveying done in the years 1848 to 1850. The name seems to have referred to a rectangular building squeezed in between the Calder, immediately to the west, and Wakefield Road immeditely to the east, and thus located immediately west of Nun Bank Wood (formerly Kirklees Wood) and about 50 m. north of the railroad bridge over the Calder. The 1894 O.S. map of the area has the legend "Robin Hood Malt Kiln" positioned in Nun Bank Wood, immediately east of Wakefield Road, thus making it unclear if the name was meant to … an existing structure in a 1903 lease. See MS sources section below. The name Robin Hood Malt Kiln is not indicated on any of the later 6" O.S. maps of the area online at NLS, See Maps section. though the buidling is shown at least as …

Kirklees Priory. ] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-05. Revised by … Kirklees Priory was a small Cistercian Priory, founded in the early 12th century Clay, C T 1954a, see p. 355. or during … S J 1901a, p. 323 n. 1. The only surviving part of the buildings is the Gatehouse, rebuilt in the Elizabethan period and situated on the outskirts of Kirklees Park, c. 650 m. NE of Robin Hood's Grave. According to the Gest (see Evidence below) and later sources, it was at Kirklees that Robin Hood was killed through the treachery of his cousin the prioress. Kirklees is in the township of Hartshead-cum-Clifton and in the ancient parish of … records from 1202 on as "Kirkeley", "Kyrkeleis", "Kyrkesley" and through metathesis as "Crickeleys". The strange form "Kuthelaga" has also been recorded. The etymology of the name, a compound of ON kirkja and OE lēah, is "church clearing(s)", …

Little John Mill By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-17. Revised by … Little John Mill began life as a water driven facility for fulling, scribbling and carding wool. It was built by a John Clegg in 1785 on a part of Clifton Common known as Ganger Ing. Later it was used by a succession of tenants for a variety of purposes, including … but this had certainly happened by 1870. See MS sources section below. A Robin Hood Mill in the vicinity was also built on land owned by the Armytage family of Kirklees Hall. Since they owned the land on which Robin Hood's alleged Grave is found, it is a reasonable guess that they suggested these names for the mills. Today Little John Mill is an industrial estate with …