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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.]] | [[File:litlington-chalk-pit-google-earth.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The former chalk pit in Litlington seen from the air / Google Earth Street View.]]<div class="no-img"> | ||
<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
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. | ||
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== 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) | * [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/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)] | ||
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=== 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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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:28, 6 January 2021
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 52.058959, -0.081904 |
Adm. div. | Cambridgeshire |
Vicinity | Litlington Chalk Pit, 1.5 km SSW of Litlington and 3.5 km WNW of Royston |
Type | Natural feature |
Interest | Local tradition |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1895 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
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
- 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
- Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.
Sources
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire LVII.12 (1903; rev. 1901) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Cambridgeshire LVII.12 (1903; rev. 1901)
- 6" O.S. map Cambridgeshire LVII.SE (1886; surveyed 1877)
- 6" O.S. map Cambridgeshire LVII.SE (1903; rev. 1901) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cambridgeshire LVII.SE (1947; rev. c. 1950)
- 1:25,000 O.S. map TL34 (1956; surveyed 1937-53)
- 1" O.S. map sheet 204 Biggleswade (Hills) (1896) (not indicated)
- 1" O.S. map 147 Bedford & Luton (1946) (not indicated)
- 1" O.S. map 147 Bedford and Luton (1959) (not indicated).
Discussion
- 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
Brief Mention
Also see
Notes