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[[File:sutcliffe_halliwell_1899a_little_john's_well.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Little John's Well or one of the two neighbouring springs (from: Sutcliffe; artist George Hering)]]
[[File:sutcliffe_halliwell_1899a_little_john's_well.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Little John's Well or one of the two neighbouring springs / [[1899 - Halliwell, Sutcliffe - By Moor and Fell (1)|Sutcliffe (1899)]]; artist George Hering.]]<div class="no-img">
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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>
Sutcliffe (1899)<ref>{{:Sutcliffe, Halliwell 1899a}}.</ref> seems to be the first source to mention Little John's Well high on Stanbury Moor. He notes that it and the neighbouring [[Robin Hood's Well (Stanbury)|Robin Hood's Well]] and [[Will Scarlet's Well (Stanbury)|Will Scarlet's Well]] are "[h]alf-hidden underground, and fringed with fern and bog-weed". [[Robin Hood's Well (Stanbury)|Robin Hood's Well]] is first mentioned around the middle of the 19th century.
Little John's Well and the neighbouring [[Robin Hood's Well (Stanbury)|Robin Hood's Well]] and [[Will Scarlet's Well (Stanbury)|Will Scarlet's Well]] high on Stanbury Moor were said in 1899 to be "[h]alf-hidden underground, and fringed with fern and bog-weed".<ref>{{:Sutcliffe, Halliwell 1899a}}.</ref>


=== Allusions ===
Halliwell Sutcliffe's description, just cited, is quoted in full under Allusions below. While this is the earliest mention of Little John's well known to IRHB,  [[Robin Hood's Well (Stanbury)|Robin Hood's Well]] is first mentioned around the middle of the 19th century.{{PnItemQry}}
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== Gazetteers ==
=== Gazetteers ===
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311, but see p 311 (2nd item) for Robin Hood's Well.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311, but see p 311 (2nd item) for Robin Hood's Well.


=== Sources ===
== Sources ==
* [http://megalithix.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/robin-hoods-well-stanbury Robin Hood’s Well, Stanbury Moor, West Yorkshire]
* [http://megalithix.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/robin-hoods-well-stanbury Robin Hood’s Well, Stanbury Moor, West Yorkshire]
* {{:Sutcliffe, Halliwell 1899a}}.
* {{:Sutcliffe, Halliwell 1899a}}.


=== Also see ===
== Maps ==
* [[Stanbury place-name cluster]]
Little John's and Will Scarlet's wells are not labelled on any of these maps.
* [[Places named Little John's Well]]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.8245&lon=-2.0294&layers=168&b=1 25" O.S. maps] (no map overlays as of 1 Jan. 20118) (georeferenced)
* [[Places named after Little John]].
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344902#zoom=7&lat=3149&lon=14466&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' 199 (1851; surveyed 1848)]
=== Notes ===
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101101724#zoom=4&lat=5093&lon=5731&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' LVII.SE (1895: rev. 1892)] (springs indicated without labels)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100946396#zoom=5&lat=3749&lon=7735&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CXCIX.SW & SE (1896; surveyed 1892)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100946393#zoom=5&lat=3676&lon=7545&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' CXCIX.SW & SE (1910; rev. 1906)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101101721#zoom=5&lat=5565&lon=6094&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' LVII.SE (1915: rev. 1909-10)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.8227&lon=-2.0328&layers=6&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' LVII.SE (1915: rev. 1909-10)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102339342#zoom=5&lat=5491&lon=6136&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire'' LVII.SE (''c.'' 1946; rev. 1910)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.8242&lon=-2.0341&layers=10&b=1 1:25,000 SD93 (1954; surveyed 1938)] (wells shown and labelled "Sprs") (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.8231&lon=-2.0317&layers=1&b=1 1" O.S. Sheet 69 (Outline) (1899; rev. 1896)] (wells not shown) (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.8231&lon=-2.0317&layers=161&b=1 1" O.S. Sheet 69 (Hills) (1899; rev. 1896)] (wells not shown) (georeferenced)
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Approximte location of Little John's Well.
Little John's Well or one of the two neighbouring springs / Sutcliffe (1899); artist George Hering.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.

Little John's Well and the neighbouring Robin Hood's Well and Will Scarlet's Well high on Stanbury Moor were said in 1899 to be "[h]alf-hidden underground, and fringed with fern and bog-weed".[1]

Halliwell Sutcliffe's description, just cited, is quoted in full under Allusions below. While this is the earliest mention of Little John's well known to IRHB, Robin Hood's Well is first mentioned around the middle of the 19th century.Template:PnItemQry

Gazetteers

Sources

Maps

Little John's and Will Scarlet's wells are not labelled on any of these maps.

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Notes


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