Robin Hood's Well (Little Budworth)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
The site of Robin Hood's Well.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.
In Little Budworth, Cheshire, at the north end of the area encompassed by Coach Road, White Hall Lane and Beech Road, is or was a Robin Hood's Well (see maps listed below). Dodgson in the English Place-Name Society's third volume on Chester lists the locality without providing any source, which usually indicates a modern date.[1] The earliest record I have found is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1881, based on surveying done in 1874. In view of the lack of references on the web, it seems most likely that this place-name is defunct.
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
- Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997), vol. III, p. 186; also see vol. V, pt. 1:ii, p. 401.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XL (1881; surveyed 1874)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XL.SW (1899; rev. 1897) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XL.SW (1899; rev. 1897)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XL.SW (1911; rev. 1908)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XL.SW (c. 1931; rev. 1908)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XL.SW (c. 1933; rev. 1908)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XL.SW (c. 1937; rev. 1908).
Notes
- ↑ Dodgson, John McN.; Rumble, Alexander R. The Place-Names of Cheshire, pts. I-V (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLIV-XLVIII, LIV, LXXIV) (Cambridge, 1970-72; [s.l.], 1981; Nottingham, 1997), vol. III, p. 186; also see vol. V, pt. 1:ii, p. 401.