Robin Hood Pit (Flimby) (1)

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Conjectured, approximate location of the first Robin Hood Pit, operated by the Robin Hood Colliery a.k.a. Flimby Colliery.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.

This pit was operated by the Robin Hood Colliery of Flimby. See further the page on the colliery.

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 Cumberland XLV (1867; rev. 1864-65)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLV.SW (1900; rev. 1899)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLV.SW (1900; rev. 1899) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLV.SW (1927; rev. 1923)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLV.SW (c. 1933; rev. 1923)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLV.SW (c. 1945; rev. 1923)
• 6" O.S. map Cumberland XLV.SW (c. 1949; rev. 1947)
• Durham Mining Museum: Flimby Colliery 1862.