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Now said to be below ground,<ref>See [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/81047478 comment by R3nowned at Panoramio: 'In search of Robin Hood's Cave' by Rob Howl].</ref> Robin Hood's Cave was (is) located by a path immediately east of Derby Road, some 1.5 km SSE of central Kirkby in Ashfield. About 700 m NE of the site of the cave are found [[Robin Hood's Hills (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Hills]] and [[Robin Hood's Chair (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Chair]], while the [[Robin Hood (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood]], a public house, could once be frequented about 600 m S of the Cave, just south of Annesley at what was then a crossroads but is now the corner of Derby Road and Forest Road. The earliest source for this place-name would seem to be an O.S. map from ''c.'' 1825.<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, pp. 64, 294.</ref> | Now said to be below ground,<ref>See [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/81047478 comment by R3nowned at Panoramio: 'In search of Robin Hood's Cave' by Rob Howl].</ref> Robin Hood's Cave was (is) located by a path immediately east of Derby Road, some 1.5 km SSE of central Kirkby in Ashfield. About 700 m NE of the site of the cave are found [[Robin Hood's Hills (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Hills]] and [[Robin Hood's Chair (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Chair]], while the [[Robin Hood (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood]], a public house, could once be frequented about 600 m S of the Cave, just south of Annesley at what was then a crossroads but is now the corner of Derby Road and Forest Road. The earliest source for this place-name would seem to be an O.S. map from ''c.'' 1825.<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, pp. 64, 294.</ref> | ||
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* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 302, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Cave' [II] and 'Robin Hood's Hills' | * {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 302, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Cave' [II] and 'Robin Hood's Hills' | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 8 May 2018
Approximate location of Robin Hood's Chair.
Robin Hood's Cave is hidden somewhere under the bracken (photo by Rob Howl, from Panoramio – no longer online).
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-08.
Now said to be below ground,[1] Robin Hood's Cave was (is) located by a path immediately east of Derby Road, some 1.5 km SSE of central Kirkby in Ashfield. About 700 m NE of the site of the cave are found Robin Hood's Hills and Robin Hood's Chair, while the Robin Hood, a public house, could once be frequented about 600 m S of the Cave, just south of Annesley at what was then a crossroads but is now the corner of Derby Road and Forest Road. The earliest source for this place-name would seem to be an O.S. map from c. 1825.[2]
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 302, s.n. 'Robin Hood's Cave' [II] and 'Robin Hood's Hills'
- Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M. The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XVII) (Cambridge, 1940), pp. 64, 294.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXVII.SE (1886; surveyed 1877-78).
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXVII.SE (1900; rev. 1898).
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXVII.SE (1921; rev. 1913-14).
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XXVII.SE (c. 1949; rev. 1938).
Background
Also see
Notes