Little Johns (Margaretting)

Locality
Coordinate	51.699, 0.4355
Adm. div.	Essex
Vicinity	East side of A414 (Three Mile Hill); c. 1 km NE of Margaretting
Type	Area
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct?
First Record	1837

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Little Johns, Margaretting.

Little Johns, Margaretting (red outline) / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-12.

The 1837 tithe award for Margaretting lists 'Little Johns' as the name of a close on the east side of the A414 (Three Mile Hill), c. 1 km NE of Margaretting. Its owner/occupier is listed as George Straight, its state of cultivation as 'Ara[ble].', its area as 1 acre, 3 roods and 14 perches (7436.1 m²).

Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976); see pp. 293-311.

MS sources

• Tithe award for Margaretting, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 222, Image 17 (£)
• Accompanying map, online at the Genealogist, Piece 12, Sub-Piece 222, Sub-Image 001 (£).

Printed sources

• Waller, William Chapman, compil. 'Essex Field Names: Part VIII.—The Hundred of Chelmsford', Transactions of the Essex Archæological Society, New Series, vol. IX (1903), pp. 156-179; see pp. 157, 170.

Maps

Little Johns not labelled.

• 25" O.S. map Essex LII.15 (1896; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex LII (1881; surveyed 1874)
• 6" O.S. map Essex LII.SE (1896; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 1:1 million-1:10k (1900s) (georeferenced)
• Chelmsford (Outline), Sheet 241 (1896; rev. 1893) (georeferenced)
• Chelmsford (Hills), Sheet 241 (1896; rev. 1893) (georeferenced)
• 1/2" Bartholomew, Sheet 26, Essex (1903) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXIII.NW (1923; rev. 1919)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXIII.NW (1924; rev. 1919)
• 6" O.S. map Essex nLXIII.NW (c. 1946; rev. 1938)
• 1/2" Bartholomew, Sheet 16, Essex (1943) (georeferenced)
• 1" O:S. map London.NE (1960; 1954-60) (georeferenced).

Background

• Wikipedia: Margaretting.

Also see

• Places named after Little John.

Notes

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  Little Johns, Margaretting (red outline) / Google Earth Street View.

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  A peek from the A414 across the street into the (former?) Little Johns / Google Earth Street View.

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