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The first known source to connect Robin Hood with a locality named Loxley is the [[Sloane Life of Robin Hood|Sloane MS Life of Robin Hood]] from c. 1600. [[Loxley (Sheffield)|Loxley near Sheffield]] is no doubt the most well-known locality with this name, but there are several others, including one near [[Plompton (Harrogate)|Plompton in the West Riding, now North Yorkshire]]. This Loxley has not to my knowledge been connected with Robin Hood, but the fact that it is located in [[Plompton (Harrogate)|Plompton]] is interesting in the light of an allusion to Plumpton Park in the [[Gest of Robyn Hode]]. A.H. Smith cites the form "Loxlay" from a 1402 source and, from an 1817 source, "Louselay".<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. V, pp. 31.</ref>
The first known source to connect Robin Hood with a locality named Loxley is the [[Sloane Life of Robin Hood|Sloane MS Life of Robin Hood]] from c. 1600. [[Loxley (Sheffield)|Loxley near Sheffield]] is no doubt the most well-known locality with this name, but there are several others, including one near [[Plompton (Harrogate)|Plompton in the West Riding, now North Yorkshire]]. This Loxley has not to my knowledge been connected with Robin Hood, but the fact that it is located in [[Plompton (Harrogate)|Plompton]] is interesting in the light of an allusion to Plumpton Park in the [[Gest of Robyn Hode]]. A.H. Smith cites the form "Loxlay" from a 1402 source and, from an 1817 source, "Louselay".<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. V, pp. 31.</ref>


The tithe award for Plumpton (1847) does not include a locality named Loxley or similar, but this may simply be because no tithes were payable for that particular piece of land. On the other hand it sometimes happens that a plot of land later (or otherwise) considered to belong to a given township is included in the tithe award for a neighbouring one. Also at times it can be difficult for place-name researchers to decide in which of two neighbouring townships a locality mentioned in a record was located. Perhaps, therefore, Loxley which was spelled "Louselay" in Smith's 1817 source should be identified with Lowsley Bank Field cited in the tithe award for Little Ribston (1848). This was a strip of land that is now part of a larger field on the north side of Spofforth Lane about 1 km SE of Plompton (now spelled Plumpton). The coordinates in the info box and used for the Google Map are near the centre of Lowsley Bank Field.{{PnItemQry}}
The tithe award for Plumpton (1847) does not include a locality named Loxley or similar, but this may simply be because no tithes were payable for that particular piece of land. On the other hand it sometimes happens that a plot of land later (or otherwise) considered to belong to a given township is included in the tithe award for a neighbouring one. Also at times it can be difficult for place-name researchers to decide in which of two neighbouring townships a locality mentioned in a record was located. Perhaps, therefore, Loxley which was spelled "Louselay" in Smith's 1817 source should be identified with Lowsley Bank Field cited in the tithe award for neighbouring Little Ribston (1848). This was a strip of land that is now part of a larger field on the north side of Spofforth Lane about 1 km SE of Plompton (now spelled Plumpton). The coordinates in the info box and used for the Google Map are near the centre of Lowsley Bank Field.{{PnItemQry}}
== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.

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Plompton. Location of Loxley unknown.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Field boundary near Little Ribston, seen from Spofforth Lane. A strip of land perhaps 20 meters wide along the left side of the field boundary was once known as Lowsley Bank Field / Derek Harper, 23 Dec. 2015, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-09-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-17.

The first known source to connect Robin Hood with a locality named Loxley is the Sloane MS Life of Robin Hood from c. 1600. Loxley near Sheffield is no doubt the most well-known locality with this name, but there are several others, including one near Plompton in the West Riding, now North Yorkshire. This Loxley has not to my knowledge been connected with Robin Hood, but the fact that it is located in Plompton is interesting in the light of an allusion to Plumpton Park in the Gest of Robyn Hode. A.H. Smith cites the form "Loxlay" from a 1402 source and, from an 1817 source, "Louselay".[1]

The tithe award for Plumpton (1847) does not include a locality named Loxley or similar, but this may simply be because no tithes were payable for that particular piece of land. On the other hand it sometimes happens that a plot of land later (or otherwise) considered to belong to a given township is included in the tithe award for a neighbouring one. Also at times it can be difficult for place-name researchers to decide in which of two neighbouring townships a locality mentioned in a record was located. Perhaps, therefore, Loxley which was spelled "Louselay" in Smith's 1817 source should be identified with Lowsley Bank Field cited in the tithe award for neighbouring Little Ribston (1848). This was a strip of land that is now part of a larger field on the north side of Spofforth Lane about 1 km SE of Plompton (now spelled Plumpton). The coordinates in the info box and used for the Google Map are near the centre of Lowsley Bank Field.Template:PnItemQry

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