Friar Close (Stannington)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Friar Close.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Friar Close, Stannington / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-02-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-02-04.
Friar Close is a residential cul-des-sac in Stannington, immediately south of River Loxley. Just north of it is a Robin Hood Chase. With a neighbouring street named after the outlaw it seems likely that Friar Close was so named with Friar Tuck and/or the Curtal Friar in mind. Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.