Robin Hood's Bow Stones (Lyme Handley)

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Bowstones ak.a. Robin Hood's Bow Stones, Lyme Handley

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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-20.

Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-19.

Sources

• Marriott, William. The Antiquities of Lyme and its Vicinity (Stockport, 1810), pp. 18-27; also see pp. 1-3, 34-37, 224-48, and passim.

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX (1881; surveyed 1870-71)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.NW (1899; rev. 1896) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.NW (1899; rev. 1896)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.NW (c. 1910; rev. 1907)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire VIII (1924; rev. 1919-20)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.NW (c. 1934; rev. 1907)
• 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.NW (c. 1946; rev. 1938)
• 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.6 (1873; surveyed 1870)
• 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.6 (1897; rev. 1896) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.6 (1897; rev. 1896)
• 25" O.S. map Cheshire XXIX.6 (1909; rev. 1907).

Background

• Megalithic Portal: Bowstones – Ancient Cross in England in Cheshire
• PastScape: The Bow Stones
• Wikipedia: Bowstones.

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