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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
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The English Place-Name Society volume that covers the Huddersfield area lists [[Robin Hood Hill (Berry Brow)|Robin Hood Hill]] and Robin Hood House (under Almondbury parish)<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. II, p. 261.</ref> without any source reference, which usually indicates a modern date. [[Robin Hood Hill (Berry Brow)|Robin Hood Hill]] is the name of a c. 200 m long section of a lane off Woodhead Road. A short, roughly L-shaped side road is named [[Hood Street (Berry Brow)|Hood Street]]. Robin Hood House is located on [[Hood Street (Berry Brow)|Hood Street]]. There are now only two houses on Hood Street; of these the one indicated on the Google map looks most like the house on the old photograph. | The English Place-Name Society volume that covers the Huddersfield area lists [[Robin Hood Hill (Berry Brow)|Robin Hood Hill]] and Robin Hood House (under Almondbury parish)<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. II, p. 261.</ref> without any source reference, which usually indicates a modern date. [[Robin Hood Hill (Berry Brow)|Robin Hood Hill]] is the name of a c. 200 m long section of a lane off Woodhead Road. A short, roughly L-shaped side road is named [[Hood Street (Berry Brow)|Hood Street]]. Robin Hood House is located on [[Hood Street (Berry Brow)|Hood Street]]. There are now only two houses on Hood Street; of these the one indicated on the Google map looks most like the house on the old photograph. | ||
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Revision as of 12:29, 18 December 2017
Approximate location of Robin Hood House.
Robin Hood House / Kirklees Image Archive.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.
The English Place-Name Society volume that covers the Huddersfield area lists Robin Hood Hill and Robin Hood House (under Almondbury parish)[1] without any source reference, which usually indicates a modern date. Robin Hood Hill is the name of a c. 200 m long section of a lane off Woodhead Road. A short, roughly L-shaped side road is named Hood Street. Robin Hood House is located on Hood Street. There are now only two houses on Hood Street; of these the one indicated on the Google map looks most like the house on the old photograph.
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Sources
- Adkin, Valerie. 'An Unexpected Discovery', Huddersfield Local History Society Journal, No. 18 (2006-2007), pp. ?-?. Not seen.
- Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63), pt. II, p. 261.
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