Robin Hood (Whatstandwell)

Locality
Coordinate	53.0912, -1.505
Adm. div.	Derbyshire
Vicinity	c. 6 km SE of Matlock
Type	Settlement
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1884

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Site of Robin Hood Saw Mill.

Houses in Robin Hood seen from Leashaw Road / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

Robin Hood is a hamlet in Whatstandwell, Derbyshire. The earliest record I found so far is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1884 (see Maps section below). Appropriately, there is a Robin Hood Cottage in Robin Hood.

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

• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV.SE (1884; surveyed 1879)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV.SE (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV (1924; rev. 1920)
• 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXXIV (c. 1949; rev. 1938).

Also see

• Whatstandwell place-name cluster.

 Derbyshire place-names 

 Place-names