Loxley (Plompton)

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Locality
Coordinates 53.98351, -1.449907
Adm. div. West Riding of Yorkshire
Vicinity Plompton, West Riding of Yorkshire
Type Area
Interest Literary locale
Status Defunct?
First Record c. 1600
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Approximate location of Plompton. Location of Loxley unknown.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-09-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-06.

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]

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