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[[File:litlington-chalk-pit-google-earth.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The former chalk pit in Litlington seen from the air / Google Earth Street View.]]
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{{#display_map:52.058959,-0.081904|width=34%}}<div class="pnMapLegend">Approximate location of Litlington Chalk Pit.</div>
[[File:litlington-chalk-pit-google-earth.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The former chalk pit in Litlington seen from the air / Google Earth StreetView.]
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According to local tradition, Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on [[Limlow Hill (Litlington)|Limlow Hill]] 700 m to the east which, according to one version, landed in the chalk pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow [[Robin Hood's Tree (Bassingbourn)|fell on Ermine Street c. 2.5 km away]]. Whichever way the arrow fell, the tradition was supposedly commemorated in the name of the [[Robin Hood and Little John (Litlington)|Robin Hood & Little John]] inn in Litlington, which was established by 1811 and closed in 1910. Its is hardly possible to say how much older this tradition may be. The chalk pit is now a County Wildlife Site under habitat restoration managed and owned by the South Cambridgeshire District Council.
According to local tradition, Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on [[Limlow Hill (Litlington)|Limlow Hill]] 700 m to the east which, according to one version, landed in the chalk pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow [[Robin Hood's Tree (Bassingbourn)|fell on Ermine Street c. 2.5 km away]]. Whichever way the arrow fell, the tradition was supposedly commemorated in the name of the [[Robin Hood and Little John (Litlington)|Robin Hood & Little John]] inn in Litlington, which was established by 1811 and closed in 1910. Its is hardly possible to say how much older this tradition may be. The chalk pit is now a County Wildlife Site under habitat restoration managed and owned by the South Cambridgeshire District Council.


=== Quotations ===
== Quotations ==
<blockquote>One source [Courcy-Ireland<ref>[[Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a|Courcy-Ireland, Magens de. ''History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington: Churches & Parishes, with the Manors'' (Royston, 1944)]], p. 48. </ref>] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres across the road from the hill), and there grew into a thorn tree. By 1811 an inn (which closed in 1910) in the village had been named the Robin Hood & Little John, supposedly after this legend.<ref>[http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.]</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>One source [Courcy-Ireland<ref>[[Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a|Courcy-Ireland, Magens de. ''History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington: Churches & Parishes, with the Manors'' (Royston, 1944)]], p. 48. </ref>] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres across the road from the hill), and there grew into a thorn tree. By 1811 an inn (which closed in 1910) in the village had been named the Robin Hood & Little John, supposedly after this legend.<ref>[http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.]</ref></blockquote>


=== Gazetteers ===
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311
* [http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.]
* [http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.]


=== Sources ===
== Sources ==
* [[Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a|Courcy-Ireland, Magens de. ''History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington: Churches & Parishes, with the Manors'' (Royston, 1944)]], p. 48.  
* [[Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a|Courcy-Ireland, Magens de. ''History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington: Churches & Parishes, with the Manors'' (Royston, 1944)]], p. 48.  


=== Maps ===
== Maps ==
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.0586&lon=-0.0847&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.12 (1903; rev. 1901)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/114488095#zoom=4&lat=6749&lon=10230&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.12 (1903; rev. 1901)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572372#zoom=4&lat=5190&lon=6731&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.SE (1886; surveyed 1877)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572372#zoom=4&lat=5190&lon=6731&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.SE (1886; surveyed 1877)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168276#zoom=5&lat=3262&lon=8444&layers=BT 1" O.S. map sheet 204 ''Biggleswade'' (Hills) (1896)] (not indicated)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/114488095#zoom=4&lat=6749&lon=10230&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.12 (1903; rev. 1901)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.0587&lon=-0.0824&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.SE (1903; rev. 1901)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.0587&lon=-0.0824&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.SE (1903; rev. 1901)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572366#zoom=5&lat=5121&lon=6804&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.SE (1947; rev. ''c.'' 1950)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572366#zoom=5&lat=5121&lon=6804&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.SE (1947; rev. ''c.'' 1950)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=52.0599&lon=-0.0861&layers=10&b=1 1:25,000 O.S. map TL34 (1956; surveyed 1937-53)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=52.0599&lon=-0.0861&layers=10&b=1 1:25,000 O.S. map TL34 (1956; surveyed 1937-53)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168276#zoom=5&lat=3262&lon=8444&layers=BT 1" O.S. map sheet 204 ''Biggleswade'' (Hills) (1896)] (not indicated)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74466946#zoom=6&lat=9630&lon=10312&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford & Luton'' (1946)] (not indicated)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74466946#zoom=6&lat=9630&lon=10312&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford & Luton'' (1946)] (not indicated)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/91577083#zoom=6&lat=9879&lon=9879&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford and Luton'' (1959)] (not indicated).
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/91577083#zoom=6&lat=9879&lon=9879&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford and Luton'' (1959)] (not indicated).


=== Discussion ===
== Discussion ==
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66742 British History Online: Litlington]; web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: ''A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely'', vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66.
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66742 British History Online: Litlington]; web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: ''A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely'', vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66.


=== Background ===
== Background ==
* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpbiodiversity.org.uk%2Fdownload%2F25%2F&ei=-zWjUcfeEYG4O5a_gaAB&usg=AFQjCNElvJjOWzmh6vpK5JQofnstxePbdg&sig2=bu5QYJM7fCCVbKuJ03zV2A&bvm=bv.47008514,d.ZWU Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Biodiversity Project Fund - Assessment Litlington Chalk Pit].
* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpbiodiversity.org.uk%2Fdownload%2F25%2F&ei=-zWjUcfeEYG4O5a_gaAB&usg=AFQjCNElvJjOWzmh6vpK5JQofnstxePbdg&sig2=bu5QYJM7fCCVbKuJ03zV2A&bvm=bv.47008514,d.ZWU Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Biodiversity Project Fund - Assessment Litlington Chalk Pit].


=== Brief Mention ===
=== Brief Mention ===
* [http://www.geo-east.org.uk/special_projects/ptvcambs.htm Geo-East: Chalk Places to Visit in Cambridgeshire.]
* [http://www.geo-east.org.uk/special_projects/ptvcambs.htm Geo-East: Chalk Places to Visit in Cambridgeshire.]
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=== Also see ===
== Notes ==
* [[Litlington place-name cluster]].
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Litlington Chalk Pit.
The former chalk pit in Litlington seen from the air / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-01.

According to local tradition, Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on Limlow Hill 700 m to the east which, according to one version, landed in the chalk pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow fell on Ermine Street c. 2.5 km away. Whichever way the arrow fell, the tradition was supposedly commemorated in the name of the Robin Hood & Little John inn in Litlington, which was established by 1811 and closed in 1910. Its is hardly possible to say how much older this tradition may be. The chalk pit is now a County Wildlife Site under habitat restoration managed and owned by the South Cambridgeshire District Council.

Quotations

One source [Courcy-Ireland[1]] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres across the road from the hill), and there grew into a thorn tree. By 1811 an inn (which closed in 1910) in the village had been named the Robin Hood & Little John, supposedly after this legend.[2]

Gazetteers

Sources

Maps

Discussion

Background

Brief Mention

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