1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (06)

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Robin Hood's Grave at Kirklees.
Nathaniel Johnston's drawing of Robin Hood's grave

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.

Allusion

 KIRK-LEES, a hamlet in that part of the parish of Dewsbury which is in the wapentake of Morley, West riding of the county of York, 5 miles (N. N. E.) from Huddersfield. The population is returned with the parish. Here was a Cistercian nunnery, erected in the reign of Henry II., by Reynerus Flandrensis, and dedicated to the Virgin and St. James, the revenue of which, at the suppression, was valued at £20. 7. 8.: the celebrated Robin Hood was buried here, where his tomb is yet to be seen.[1]

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Capitals and small caps as in printed source.

IRHB comments

An expanded entry is found in the 1848 edition of this work. See 1848 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England.

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