Robbin's Well (Market Bosworth)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Market Bosworth, where a locality was known as Robbin's Well in 1625.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-14. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.
'Robbin's Well' occurs as a field name in Market Bosworth in 1625. Barrie Cox notes that "a surn[ame]. with well may be discounted, so likely it is an allusion to the legend of Robin Hood". His source is an unspecified terrier.[1]
I have searched through the tithe awards of Market Bosworth and the following neighbouring villages without finding any mention of Robbin's Well: Bilstone, Cadeby, Carlton, Dadington, Osbaston, Shenton, Sibson, Twycross, and Upton.[2] To be able to put this entry on the map I have used the coordinates of Market Bosworth. Template:PnItemQry
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.
Sources
- Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VI, p. 173; pt.VI,pp. xxx, 167, for source.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXIX.SE (1885; surveyed 1885)
- 6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXIX.SE (1904; rev. 1901-1902)
- 6" O.S. map Leicestershire XXIX.SE (1904; rev. 1901-1902) (georeferenced).
Background
Notes
- ↑ Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VI, p. 173; pt.VI,pp. xxx, 167, for source. Cox's italics. IRHB's brackets.
- ↑ The Genealogist (subscription required).