1893 - Elliot, W Hume - Country and Church of Cheeryble Brothers
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Robin Hood's Well, Helmshore.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-27. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-27.
Allusion
A few yards down Stake Lane is Robin Hood's Well, with an ancient well-hewn coping-stone over it of ample dimensions.[1]
IRHB comments
'Stake Lane' is or was the local name for a stretch of Moor Road.[2]
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.
- Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Sources
Background
- The Journal of Antiquities: Robin Hood’s Well, Helmshore, Lancashire; by Ray Spencer.
Notes