Robin Hood's Well (Catterlen)

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Catterlen Wood where a spring was known as Robin Hood's Well according to the 1857 allusion.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-11. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.

According to Jeremiah Sullivan (see 1857 Allusion below), a spring in a wood near Catterlen was known as Robin Hood's Well. I have assumed he meant Catterlen Wood, which is adjacent to the village. The coordinates cited in the infobox and indicated on the Google map are those of the wood. I have not been able to locate the well. 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.

Sources

• Sullivan, J. Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient & Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs (London; Kendal, 1857), p. 131.

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLIX (1867; surveyed 1860)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLIX.SE (1900; rev. 1898)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLIX.SE (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLIX (1923; surveyed 1926).

Background

• Wikipedia: Catterlen.

Notes