Robin Hood's Stone (Grassholme)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Robin Hood's Stone.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-05-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.
On the 6" O.S. map of the Hunderthwaite–Lunedale–Mickleton area surveyed 1854 and published 1856, Robin Hood's Stone is indicated by the side of a road c. 1.7 km WNW of Grassholme, which now belongs to county Durham but was formerly part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.[1] The name of the stone is omitted on the 6" map of the Lunedale area published 1895 (surveyed 1891-92) but is found on the 1920 map of the area (surveyed 1912-13).[2] This stone appears to have escaped the notice of Dobson & Taylor[3] and all other Robin Hood researchers. A Google search done in May 2016 yielded no results.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.
Maps
- O.S. 6" map Yorkshire 4 (incl. Hunderthwaite; Lunedale; Mickleton) (1856; surveyed 1854)
- O.S. 6" map Yorkshire IV.NW (incl. Lunedale) (1895; surveyed 1891-92) (the stone is indicated, but without legend.
- O.S. 6" map Yorkshire IV.NW (incl. Lunedale) (1920; surveyed 1912-13) ('Robin Hood's Stone' again indicated with legend.)
Background
Notes
- ↑ O.S. 6" map Yorkshire 4 (incl. Hunderthwaite; Lunedale; Mickleton) (1856; surveyed 1856). For Grassholme formerly belonging to the North Riding of Yorkshire, see A Vision of Britain through Time: Lunedale North Riding.
- ↑ O.S. 6" map Yorkshire IV.NW (incl. Lunedale) (1895; surveyed 1891-92); the stone is indicated without a legend. O.S. 6" map Yorkshire IV.NW (incl. Lunedale) (1920; surveyed 1912-13).
- ↑ Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976).