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  • This widget displays the navigation map on country and administrative division landing pages in the place-names section of IRHB. It takes no parameters. ( function() { window.IRHB = window.IRHB || {}; window.IRHB.get = window.IRHB.get || function(elem) { if (typeof elem "string") { elem = document.getElementById(elem); } return elem; }; }() ); ( function() { window.IRHB = window.IRHB || {}; var w = window.IRHB; w.data = {}; var d = w.data; d.stats = false; var get = w.get; d.colours = [ {limit: 10, rgb: "a30000"}, {limit: 20, rgb: "b70000"}, {limit: 30, rgb: "d11919"}, {limit: 40, rgb: "db4c4c"}, {limit: 50, rgb: "e06666"}, {limit: 60, rgb: "e57f7f"}, {limit: 70, rgb: "ea9999"}, {limit: 80, rgb: "efb2b2"}, {limit: 90, rgb: "f4cccc"}, {limit: 100, rgb: "f9e5e5"}, {limit: 110, rgb: "ffffff"}, {limit: 120, rgb: "f9faf9"}, {limit: 130, rgb: "f3f5f3"}, {limit: 140, rgb: "ecefec"}, {limit: 150, rgb: "d9e0da"}, {limit: 160, rgb: "c7d0c7"}, {limit: 170, rgb: "b4c1b5"}, {limit: 180, rgb: …
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  • A somewhat central point in Lancashire. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-03-19. Revised by … Lancashire figures as locale in parts of the Gest of Robyn Hode. See especially sts. 53, 126-33, 309-34, 356-60, 431-32. The county name occurs in st. 357 (see Quotations below). Quotations [Gest of Robyn Hode:] All the passe of Lancasshyre He went both ferre and nere Tyll he came to Plomton Parke He faylyd many of his dere. Gest of Robyn Hode, st. 357, cited from Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 105; punctuation omitted by IRHB. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: Lancashire. Notes
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  • Pagham, Bognor Regis, Sussex, where once was a place named Loxley. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-11-23. Revised by … This lost place-name in Pagham parish could be derived from 'Loxa', the name of a stream, but more likely it is from OE lox, 'lynx,' "used here in the form Loxa as a pers. name, hence 'Loxa's clearing' [...] but no certainty is possible." It is recorded as 'Loxelegh', 'Loxelee', and 'Loxeleye' in 1316, 1344 and 1359, respectively. Mawer, Allen 1969a, pt. I, pp. 94-95. As this was apparently lost in the 14th century, it seems distinctly unlikely to be the Loxley associated with Robin Hood c. 1600. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Mawer, Allen 1969a, pt. I, pp. 94-95. Notes
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  • Nottingham. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Nottingham, the hometown of the sheriff, is the (or a) locale in the vast majority of Robin Hood ballads, beginning with Robin Hood and the Monk (c. 1450). First recorded as "Snotengaham" in A.D. 895, the accepted etymology of "Nottingham" is "[t]he ham [homestead] of the people of Snot ", Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 13. IRHB's brackets. Italics and bold type as in source the latter being a man's name. Nottingham in the ballads Gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 300-301. Sources ⁃ Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 13. Maps ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1885; surveyed 1880-81) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1899; rev. 1901) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1920; rev. 1919) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (c. 1947; rev. 1938). Notes geograph-4958979-by-John-Sutton.jpg|Nottingham skyline from Sneinton / …
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  • Plumpton Park Plantation. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-03-30. 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, and in that case, a possible locality might be a Plumpton Park Plantation that figures in the 1851 tithe award for Huddersfield. The Genealogist, Piece 043, sub-piece 226, Image 524, and Piece 043, sub-piece 226, Image 524. Quotations Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources ⁃ The Genealogist, Piece 043, sub-piece 226, Image 524, and Piece 043, sub-piece 226, Image 524. Printed sources ⁃ Gest of Robyn Hode, st. 357. Notes
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  • Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-11. 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, and in that case, a possible locality is a Plumpton Park or Plumpton Close in Low Bradfield that figures in MS sources of 1792 and/or 1796 according to A. H. Smith, Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. 1, p. 238. who also cites the related name Plumpton Lane, a place-name that still survives. Immediately north of Plmpton Lane is a small wooded area. Perhaps this was once known as Plumpton Park? Quotations Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ A Gest of Robyn Hode, st. 357. ⁃ Hall, …
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  • Guisborough. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-11. Revised by … The home of the villain of the ballad Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne is usually taken to be Gisburn in the Ribble Valley (Lancashire, formerly the West Riding of Yorkshire), but Guisborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire is certainly also a possibility. From the 11th to the mid-19th century, the form 'Guisborough' ('Guisbrough' etc.) had strong competition from the form 'Gisburn' ('Gyseburne' etc.) Smith, Albert Hugh 1928a, pp. 149-50; Pease, Alfred Edward 1928a, 'Notes on the Nomenclature of the Town of Guisbrough' (unpaginated appendix). For Gisburn in the ballad, see further the entry on Gisburn. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Pease, Alfred Edward 1928a, 'Notes on the Nomenclature of the Town of Guisbrough' (unpaginated appendix). ⁃ Smith, Albert Hugh 1928a, pp. 149-50. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: Guisborough. Notes
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  • Fountain Dale. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-08. Revised by … The B-version of the ballad of Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar, from a broadside dated c. 1660, refers to the friar's place of residence as both "Fountains Abby" and "Fountains Dale". Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 161-64. Fountains Abbey: sts. 7, 39. Fountains Dale: sts. 10, 11, 39, 41. According to Dobson & Taylor, since the early 19th century the Fountains Dale of the ballad has been identified with a wooded area – one of the few surviving vestiges of Sherwood Forest – north of Ravenshead and Blidworth. The name 'Fountain Dale' is first found applied to this area on the Greenwood brothers' 1826 map of Nottinghamshire. Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 301, s.n. '(Fountain Dale)'; Greenwood, Christopher 1826a; Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 116. It was earlier known as Langton Lodge. Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 116. While it is of course possible that the name Fountain Dale as …
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  • Hollington, in whose vicinity was situated a field called Plumpton Park according to an 1820 Enclosure Award. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-06-16. 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 probably take this to be in Lancashire, but it is worth noting that Plumpton Park occurs as a field name in Hollingworth, Derbyshire. The source is an 1820 Enclosure Award. Cameron, Kenneth 1959a, pt. III (1959), p. 572. As is usually the case with field-names, this Plumpton Park is not found on the 6" O.S. maps of the area. Derbyshire XLVIII.NE. Quotations Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Cameron, Kenneth 1959a, pt. III (1959), p. 572 Notes
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  • Loxley. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-15. Revised by … The village of Loxley, c. 6 km SW of Stratford-upon-Avon, is first recorded as early as 985. The name means "Locc's clearing or wood". Gover, John Eric Bruce 1936a, p.235. Names derived from it in the area include Loxley Hall, Loxley Road, and Loxley Lane. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Gover, John Eric Bruce 1936a, p.235. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XLIV.12 (1885; surveyed 1884) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XLIV.12 (1905; rev. 1900) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XLIV.12 (1905; rev. 1900) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XLIV.12 (1914; rev. 1913) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XLV.9 (1905; rev. 1904) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XLV.9 (1886; surveyed 1885) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XLIV.SE (1884; surveyed 1883) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire II.SE (1904; rev. 1900) …
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  • 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 …
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  • The left marker indicates approximately the origin of River Loxley, the right marker its mouth. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-20. Revised by … River Loxley is an affluent of the Rivelin near Bradfield and Sheffield. Its sources are located c. 16 km NW of Sheffield on Bradfield Moors; it flows easterly through Damflask Reservoir and is joined by Storrs Brook at Storrs near Stannington and the Rivelin at Malin Bridge before flowing into the Don at Owlerton in Hillsborough. The total length of the river is about 10 km. According to A. H. Smith the river was almost certainly named after the village or area of the same name near Sheffield Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, vol. VII, p. 131. which is often said to be the Loxley connected with Robin Hood. At the most, therefore, its connction with the outlaw tradition is indirect. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, vol. VII, p. 131. Maps …
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  • (The site of) Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-30. Revised by … In 1839, a plot of pasture situated, in modern terms immediately south of the buildings of Mere Farm, south of Preston New Road (A583) and west of Fox Lane Ends (B5260), was known as Plumpton Park. This area is c. 850 m east of Little Plumpton in the township of Westby-with-Plumptons. '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 hardly identical with the close near Westby, 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. That the township in which the present Plumpton Park was (is?) situated is named Westby-with-Plumptons is due to its comprising, in addition to Westby, both a Great and a …
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  • This area was once a barley field known as Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-23. Revised by … In 1842, a barley field in Speke, now a suburb of Liverpool, was known as Plumpton Park. In modern terms it was situated immediately south of Central Way and north of Dam Wood Road. 'Plumpton Park' is also 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 Speke, 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 1842 tithe award for the 'Township of Speke in the Parish of Childwall', where the landowner is recorded as Richard Watt, Esq., the occupier as William Atherton, Jr., its area as 2 acres, 2 roods and 30 perches ( m 2 ), …
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  • Barnsley By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-15. Revised by … Barnsley can claim a tenuous connection with Robin Hood in that a fair young damsel who is abducted in the ballad of 'Robin Hood and the Tanner's Daughter', the C version of Erlinton (Child 8), is the offspring of "John Hobbes of Barneslee". This slight claim is in fact even less impressive than it seems at first sight, for the Robin Hood-themed version of Erlinton was written, in 1847 or slightly earlier, by the Literary forger John Payne Collier. See IRHB's page on Erlinton, and while "Barneslee" can of course be taken to refer to the town of Barnsley, one cannot rule out the possibility that Collier intended it to sound like a garbled echo of "Barnsdale ". Quotations [Erlinton (Child 8 C), st. 5:] Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. I, p. 109. 'Where dost thou dwell, my prettie maide? I prithee tell to me;' 'I am a tanner's daughter,' she said, 'John Hobbes of Barneslee.' Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in …
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  • Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-03-27. Revised by … In the Gest of Robyn Hode, 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 (see Quotations below). We should almost certainly take this to be in Lancashire, but it could just possibly be some place King Edward was meant to have visited after his progress in Lancashire, and in that case a possible locality is a Plumpton Park that was located c. 8.5 km S of Settle. It occurs as a field name slightly WSW of Lower Agden in an 1846 MS tithe award for Gisburn Forest. Available online from The Genealogist, Piece 043, sub-piece 172, Image 308, and see map piece 043, sub-piece 172, Image 001 (£). I have not found it referred to in any other sources. Since this locality was situated in Gisburn Forest, it is perhaps worth noting that the chief villain of the ballad of Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne (c. 1650) was …
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  • Blyth. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-10. Revised by … The north Nottinghamshire village of Blyth is mentioned twice in the Gest (see Evidence below). It is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), where it occurs as "Blide". Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 68. The village is located on the A1, the Great North Road. In the Middle Ages it was a rather more substantial town than now. It had two leper hospitals, a priory, three hermitages as well as markets and fairs. Of its former glory little now remains. See Nottinghamshire History: The departed glories of Blyth. Quotations Sources ⁃ A Gest of Robyn Hode (Child 117), sts. 27, 259. ⁃ Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, pp. 68-69. Maps ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1885; surveyed 1885) ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1900; rev. 1897) ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1922; rev. 1918) ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1950; rev. 1948). Background ⁃ Wikipedia: …
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  • Location of Gisburn. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-11. Revised by … Gisburn, formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now in Lancashire, is perhaps the most likely candidate for being the hometown of Guy of Gisborne of the ballad Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne (see Evidence below). The place-name is first mentioned, as 'Ghiseburne', in Domesday Book (1086). The name probably means 'Gushing stream', referring to a stream that has its origin in springs above the village. Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. VI, pp. 164-65. Nearby is Gisburn Forest. Smith, A.H. op. cit., pt. VI, p. 167. Quotations [c. 1650:] I dwell by dale and downe quoth Guye And I have done many a curst turne And he that calles me by my right name Calles me Guye of good Gysborne Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne, st. 34 (Dobson & Taylor, p. 144). Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 144 (st. 34). ⁃ …
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  • Plumpton Park lay somewhere west or southwest of central Sheffield. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. 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, and in that case, a possible locality is a "Plumbton Park Wood" cited from a 1770 source in A. H. Smith. Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. 1, p. 200. The exact area to which this name referred is by no means clear, but according to Smith it would have been within the area of the three townships of Ecclesall Bierlow, Nether Hallam and Upper Hallam. For this area, see this composite map showing Sheffield townships, on which it almost, but not quite, coincides with the corresponding area on the map in Smith, pt. I. The coordinates …
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  • Plumpton Park, an area (a field or close?) c. 600 m N. of Bolton-by-Bowland. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-01. 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. Plumpton Park is listed in an 1840 MS tithe award as the name of a field c. 600 meters north of Bolton-by-Bowland. 1843 Tithe award for Bolton-by-Bowland at the Genealogist; tithe map at the Genealogist (both require paid subscription). The locality is not labelled or indicated on any of the O.S. maps listed below. Quotations Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. MS sources ⁃ 1840 Tithe award for Nolton-by-Bowland, online at the Genealogist.co.uk, Piece 43, …
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