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[[File:Bowen's Map of Colchester.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Bowen's ''Map of Colchester'', 1760. Robin Hood's Oak may have been one of the large trees indicated midway between Colchester and Horksley. Only one, the Broad Oak, is labelled on the map / {{:Harrod, Henry 1865a}}, p. 24.]]
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Robin Hood's Oak once stood on a hill somewhere not very far from the NNW boundary of Colchester, on or near Horksley Heath, "right against Thomas a Bridge, on the left hand of Buttolph's Brook, after crossing the river at Mott's Bridge", localities that are not named on modern maps. It is mentioned in the records of the 1637 and 1671 perambulations in the MS Colchester Assembly Book. The latest local record evidence brought to light so far dates from 1691.
Robin Hood's Oak once stood on a hill somewhere not very far from the NNW boundary of Colchester, on or near Horksley Heath, "right against Thomas a Bridge, on the left hand of Buttolph's Brook, after crossing the river at Mott's Bridge", localities that are not named on modern maps. It is mentioned in the records of the 1637 and 1671 perambulations in the MS Colchester Assembly Book. The latest local record evidence brought to light so far dates from 1691.


=== Quotations ===
== Quotations ==
{{quote|Numerous other Oaks remained after the disafforesting of King's Wood; besides the King Oak and the Broad Oak, the Leet Rolls mention
{{quote|Numerous other Oaks remained after the disafforesting of King's Wood; besides the King Oak and the Broad Oak, the Leet Rolls mention
Great Oaks in East Street near the Gallows; and in the Perambulation of 1637 (in the Assembly Book for that year, and printed by Morant, p. 95), we have Robin Hood's Oak "right against Thomas a Bridge, on the left hand of Buttolph's Brook, after crossing the river at Mott's Bridge;" and in the Perambulation of 1671 it is added that the Oak stood "right on the pitch of the Hill," and afterwards in the latter Perambulation the Boundary is stated as going" inside the hedge of Soame Wood to Goresbridge, which is at the bottom of 'Beggars Oak' Heath, leading to Ardley Street from Gallow Green.<ref>{{:Harrod, Henry 1865a}}, p. 26.</ref>}}
Great Oaks in East Street near the Gallows; and in the Perambulation of 1637 (in the Assembly Book for that year, and printed by Morant, p. 95), we have Robin Hood's Oak "right against Thomas a Bridge, on the left hand of Buttolph's Brook, after crossing the river at Mott's Bridge;" and in the Perambulation of 1671 it is added that the Oak stood "right on the pitch of the Hill," and afterwards in the latter Perambulation the Boundary is stated as going" inside the hedge of Soame Wood to Goresbridge, which is at the bottom of 'Beggars Oak' Heath, leading to Ardley Street from Gallow Green.<ref>{{:Harrod, Henry 1865a}}, p. 26.</ref>}}


{{quote|The isolation of the heath may have encouraged highway robbery; Cut Throats Corner lies on London Road north of Westwood green, and Robin Hood's Oak, which lay next to the main road in 1691, perhaps marked either that or another dangerous spot.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15249 British History Online: Great Horkesley], referring to Essex Record Office D/DGw M34, rot. 26.</ref>}}
{{quote|The isolation of the heath may have encouraged highway robbery; Cut Throats Corner lies on London Road north of Westwood green, and Robin Hood's Oak, which lay next to the main road in 1691, perhaps marked either that or another dangerous spot.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15249 British History Online: Great Horkesley], referring to Essex Record Office D/DGw M34, rot. 26.</ref>}}
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=== Allusions ===
== Gazetteers ==
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* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
=== Gazetteers ===
 
== Sources ==
* Essex Record Office D/DGw M34, rot. 26. Not seen
* [http://www.hiddenea.com/gospeloaks.htm Hidden East Anglia - Gospel Oaks & Other Notable Trees], referring to British History Online (accessed 2013.05.24).
* [http://www.hiddenea.com/gospeloaks.htm Hidden East Anglia - Gospel Oaks & Other Notable Trees], referring to British History Online (accessed 2013.05.24).


=== Sources ===
== Discussion ==
* Essex Record Office D/DGw M34, rot. 26. Not seen.
 
=== Discussion ===
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15249 British History Online: Great Horkesley]; web edition of: 'Great Horkesley: Introduction', in: ''A History of the County of Essex'', vol. 10: ''Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe'' (2001), pp. 219-223.
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15249 British History Online: Great Horkesley]; web edition of: 'Great Horkesley: Introduction', in: ''A History of the County of Essex'', vol. 10: ''Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe'' (2001), pp. 219-223.
* {{:Harrod, Henry 1865a}}, p. 26.
* {{:Harrod, Henry 1865a}}, p. 26.
* [[Shenstone, J C 1894a|Shenstone, J.C. "The Oak Tree in Essex", ''The Essex Naturalist: Being the Journal of the Essex Field Club'', vol. VIII (1894), pp. 89-117]], see p. 114; paraphrases Harrod.  
* [[Shenstone, J C 1894a|Shenstone, J.C. "The Oak Tree in Essex", ''The Essex Naturalist: Being the Journal of the Essex Field Club'', vol. VIII (1894), pp. 89-117]], see p. 114; paraphrases Harrod.  


=== Also see ===
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* [[Places named Robin Hood's Tree]].


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Locality
Coordinate Near51.925929, 0.878865
Adm. div. Essex
Vicinity On or near Horksley Heath, c. 4 km N of Colchester
Type Natural feature
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Defunct
First Record 1637
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Probable, approximate location of Robin Hood's Oak.
Bowen's Map of Colchester, 1760. Robin Hood's Oak may have been one of the large trees indicated midway between Colchester and Horksley. Only one, the Broad Oak, is labelled on the map / Harrod, Henry. Report on the Records of the Borough of Colchester (Colchester, 1865), p. 24.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

Robin Hood's Oak once stood on a hill somewhere not very far from the NNW boundary of Colchester, on or near Horksley Heath, "right against Thomas a Bridge, on the left hand of Buttolph's Brook, after crossing the river at Mott's Bridge", localities that are not named on modern maps. It is mentioned in the records of the 1637 and 1671 perambulations in the MS Colchester Assembly Book. The latest local record evidence brought to light so far dates from 1691.

Quotations

Numerous other Oaks remained after the disafforesting of King's Wood; besides the King Oak and the Broad Oak, the Leet Rolls mention Great Oaks in East Street near the Gallows; and in the Perambulation of 1637 (in the Assembly Book for that year, and printed by Morant, p. 95), we have Robin Hood's Oak "right against Thomas a Bridge, on the left hand of Buttolph's Brook, after crossing the river at Mott's Bridge;" and in the Perambulation of 1671 it is added that the Oak stood "right on the pitch of the Hill," and afterwards in the latter Perambulation the Boundary is stated as going" inside the hedge of Soame Wood to Goresbridge, which is at the bottom of 'Beggars Oak' Heath, leading to Ardley Street from Gallow Green.[1]

The isolation of the heath may have encouraged highway robbery; Cut Throats Corner lies on London Road north of Westwood green, and Robin Hood's Oak, which lay next to the main road in 1691, perhaps marked either that or another dangerous spot.[2]

Allusions

1803 - Strutt, Benjamin - History of Colchester

Directions for clockwise perambulation of Liberty of Colchester:] [...] down Shett's hill to Newbridge, and then into the fields formerly held by Matthew Ayleward, through a gate a little above the bridge: And so along to the yard formerly of the said Matthew Aylward; cross the river into a meadow folrmerly of the said Matthew Ayleward, and cross that meadow into the lower part of West-fields, near to which is a foot bridge, laid cross the river, called Mott's bridge. And so along through West fields to a gate in a lane at or near the north end of a meadow formerly held by one Samuel Duglet, which lane parts West-fields from Bergholt. And from thence to Buttolph's brook, along the course of which proceed, always [p. 150] leaving the brook upon the left hand, to a bridge, called Thomas Abridge, leading on to Horkesley heath; which bridge is right against the pitch of the hill where an oak called Robin Hood's oak anciently stood. From thence proceed along the road which leads to Nayland, over Horkesley heath to Black brook under Chesterwell; which brook runs across the road at the foot of Horkesley causeway.[3]

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