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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-29. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-29. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img">A local tradition connected Eastwood Rocks near Ashover, Chesterfield, with Robin Hood's Stride, about 13.5 to the west. It was said that Robin Hood and Little John had shot an arrow each from Eastwood Rocks to Robin Hood's Stride near Harthill. Little John hit the target, but Robin Hood's arrow fell in the valley below the rocks. | ||
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A drawing of [[Robin Hood's Stride (Harthill)|Robin Hood's Stride]] in a manuscript in the collection of archery-related literature, prints and drawings of the famous English naturalist, botanist (and archer) Joseph Banks (1743–1820) is accompanied by this note: | |||
<blockquote>The tradition of the neighbourhood is, that Robin Hood and Little John stood upon Eastwood Rocks, about 1½ miles off, and shot at this stone:—Little John's hit it, but Robin Hood's fell short of it in the valley below.<ref>{{:Unknown 1804a}}, fol. 21b or 25, cited in {{:Gutch, John Mathew 1847a}}, vol. II, p. iv, and {{:Cunningham, Allan 1838f}}, see p. 313 n.</ref></blockquote>{{PnItemQry}} | |||
== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 315-19. | * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 315-19. | ||
== Sources == | |||
* {{:Cunningham, Allan 1838f}}, see p. 313 n. | |||
* {{:Gutch, John Mathew 1847a}}, vol. II, p. iv. | |||
* {{:Unknown 1804a}}, ff. 21b, 25; not seen, but cf. Cunningham and Gutch above. | |||
== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
* 25" O.S. map ''Derbyshire'' XXX.9 (''c.'' 1880; surveyed ''c.'' 1875). (No Copy in NLS) | * 25" O.S. map ''Derbyshire'' XXX.9 (''c.'' 1880; surveyed ''c.'' 1875). (No Copy in NLS) | ||
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashover Wikipedia: Ashover.] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashover Wikipedia: Ashover] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks Wikipedia: Joseph Banks.] | |||
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Revision as of 12:59, 29 September 2018
Eastwood Rocks, Ashover
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-29. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-29.
A local tradition connected Eastwood Rocks near Ashover, Chesterfield, with Robin Hood's Stride, about 13.5 to the west. It was said that Robin Hood and Little John had shot an arrow each from Eastwood Rocks to Robin Hood's Stride near Harthill. Little John hit the target, but Robin Hood's arrow fell in the valley below the rocks.
A drawing of Robin Hood's Stride in a manuscript in the collection of archery-related literature, prints and drawings of the famous English naturalist, botanist (and archer) Joseph Banks (1743–1820) is accompanied by this note:
Template:PnItemQryThe tradition of the neighbourhood is, that Robin Hood and Little John stood upon Eastwood Rocks, about 1½ miles off, and shot at this stone:—Little John's hit it, but Robin Hood's fell short of it in the valley below.[1]
Gazetteers
- 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.
Sources
- C., A. 'The Old English Ballads.—Robin Hood.—No. VI', The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1838), pp. 313-16, see p. 313 n.
- Gutch, John Mathew, ed. A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with Other Ancient & Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this Celebrated Yeoman (London, 1847), vol. II, p. iv.
- Unknown 1804a, ff. 21b, 25; not seen, but cf. Cunningham and Gutch above.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.9 (c. 1880; surveyed c. 1875). (No Copy in NLS)
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.9 (c. 1898; rev. c. 1897). (No Copy in NLS)
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.9 (1917; rev. 1914)
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.9 (1917; rev. 1914) (georeferenced)]
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.SW (1884; surveyed 1879)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.SW (1900; rev. 1897) (georeferenced).
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.SW (1900; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX (1921; rev. 1913-14)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.SW (1921; rev. 1913-14)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXX.SW (c. 1936; rev. 1913-14)
Background
- ↑ Unknown 1804a, fol. 21b or 25, cited in Gutch, John Mathew, ed. A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with Other Ancient & Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this Celebrated Yeoman (London, 1847), vol. II, p. iv, and C., A. 'The Old English Ballads.—Robin Hood.—No. VI', The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1838), pp. 313-16, see p. 313 n.