Robin Hood's Butt (Elford)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
North: Robin Hood's Butt, Elford. South: general area where Robin Hood's Butt, Wigginton, may have been located.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Elford Low, on which the large solitary tree stands, was known as 'Robin Hood's Butt' in the 19th century and earlier / Google Earth Street View]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-28.
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
- PastScape: Robin Hoods Butt
- Shaw, Stebbing; et al. The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, compiled from the Manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttelton, and Other Collections of Dr. Wilkes, T. Feilde, &c. &c., Including Erdeswick's Survey of the County, and the Approved Parts of Dr. Plot's Natural History (London, 1798-1801), vol. I, p. 432. Not seen but cf. PastScape, just cited.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.14 (c. 1883; surveyed c. 1882). No Copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.14 (1901; rev. 1900) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.14 (1901; rev. 1900)
- 25" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.14 (1923; rev. 1921)
- 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.SW (1885; surveyed 1881–82)
- 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.SW (1902; rev. 1900) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.SW (1902; rev. 1900)
- 6" O.S. map Staffordshire LIII.SW (1925; rev. 1921).
Discussion
- Wikipedia: Elford
- Tamworth Time Hikes: Robin Hood's Butt
- Tamworth Time Hikes: Robin Hood's Butt and beyond.
Notes