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== Quotations ==
== Quotations ==
{{quote|The village inns [in Litlington] included the Robin Hood and Little John, recorded by 1811. [...]  Named from a local fable that an arrow shot by Robin grew into a thorn tree at the village chalkpit, [...]  it closed c. 1910.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66742 British History Online: Litlington]; web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: ''A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely'', vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66.</ref>}}
{{quote|The village inns [in Litlington] included the Robin Hood and Little John, recorded by 1811. [...]  Named from a local fable that an arrow shot by Robin grew into a thorn tree at the village chalkpit, [...]  it closed c. 1910.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66742 British History Online: Litlington]; web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: ''A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely'', vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66.</ref>}}
{{quote|One source [Courcy-Ireland<ref>{{:Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a}}, p. 48. Not seen.</ref>] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres across the road from the hill), and there grew into a thorn tree. By 1811 an inn (which closed in 1910) in the village had been named the Robin Hood & Little John, supposedly after this legend.<ref>[http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.]</ref>}}
{{quote|One source [''sc.'' Courcy-Ireland<ref>{{:Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a}}, p. 48. Not seen.</ref>] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres across the road from the hill), and there grew into a thorn tree. By 1811 an inn (which closed in 1910) in the village had been named the Robin Hood & Little John, supposedly after this legend.<ref>[http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.]</ref>}}


== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
* [http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.]


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Cambridgeshire Record Office, 296/SP 454. Mentions closing of the inn in 1910 cf. British History Online (see below). Not seen.
* Cambridgeshire Record Office, 296/SP 454. Mentions closing of the inn in 1910 cf. British History Online (see below). Not seen
* Article or note in ''Cambridge Chronicle'', Aug. 23, 1811. Cf. British History Online (see below). Not seen.
* ''Cambridge Chronicle'', Aug. 23, 1811. Cf. British History Online (see below). Not seen
* {{:Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a}}, p. 48. Not seen.
* {{:Courcy-Ireland, Magens Arrindle de 1944a}}, p. 48. Not seen
* {{:Palmer, W M 1895a}}
* [http://www.hiddenea.com/cambsl.htm Hidden East Anglia - Litlington]
* {{:Palmer, W M 1895a}}.


== Maps ==
== Maps ==
Maps focused on Litlington.
Maps focused on Litlington.
* 25" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.8 (1887; surveyed 1886). No Copy in NLS
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.0676&lon=-0.0870&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.8 (1903; rev. 1901)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/114488080#zoom=4&lat=2452&lon=8466&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.8 (1903; rev. 1901)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572354#zoom=5&lat=1747&lon=6285&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1886; surveyed 1886)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572354#zoom=5&lat=1747&lon=6285&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1886; surveyed 1886)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168276#zoom=6&lat=3620&lon=8478&layers=BT 1" O.S. map sheet 204 ''Biggleswade'' (Hills) (1896)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/114488080#zoom=4&lat=2452&lon=8466&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.8 (1903; rev. 1901)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.0669&lon=-0.0856&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1903; rev. 1900-1901)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.0669&lon=-0.0856&layers=171&b=1 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1903; rev. 1900-1901)] (georeferenced)
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572351#zoom=5&lat=1631&lon=6391&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1903; rev. 1900-1901)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572351#zoom=5&lat=1631&lon=6391&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1903; rev. 1900-1901)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572348#zoom=5&lat=1720&lon=6494&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1947; rev. ''c.'' 1950)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101572348#zoom=5&lat=1720&lon=6494&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Cambridgeshire'' LVII.NE (1947; rev. ''c.'' 1950)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.0658&lon=-0.0858&layers=10&b=1 1:25,000 O.S. map TL34 (1956; surveyed 1937-53)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101168276#zoom=6&lat=3620&lon=8478&layers=BT 1" O.S. map sheet 204 ''Biggleswade'' (Hills) (1896)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74466946#zoom=6&lat=9853&lon=10148&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford & Luton'' (1946)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74466946#zoom=6&lat=9853&lon=10148&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford & Luton'' (1946)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/91577083#zoom=6&lat=10119&lon=9753&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford and Luton'' (1959).]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/91577083#zoom=6&lat=10119&lon=9753&layers=BT 1" O.S. map 147 ''Bedford and Luton'' (1959)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.0658&lon=-0.0858&layers=10&b=1 1:25,000 O.S. map TL34 (1956; surveyed 1937-53).]


== Discussion ==
== Discussion ==

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[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Litlington where the Robin Hood and Little John was located / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-02.

This inn located somewhere in the village of Litlington is first mentioned in 1811. It closed in c. 1910.[1] Its name is supposed to have been inspired by a local tradition that Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on Limlow Hill which, according to one version, landed in Litlington Chalk Pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow fell on Ermine Street c. 2.5 km away (apparently without growing into a thorn tree).

Quotations

The village inns [in Litlington] included the Robin Hood and Little John, recorded by 1811. [...] Named from a local fable that an arrow shot by Robin grew into a thorn tree at the village chalkpit, [...] it closed c. 1910.[2]

One source [sc. Courcy-Ireland[3]] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres across the road from the hill), and there grew into a thorn tree. By 1811 an inn (which closed in 1910) in the village had been named the Robin Hood & Little John, supposedly after this legend.[4]

Gazetteers

Sources

Maps

Maps focused on Litlington.

Discussion

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Notes

  1. British History Online: Litlington; web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66.
  2. British History Online: Litlington; web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66.
  3. Courcy-Ireland, Magens de. History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington: Churches & Parishes, with the Manors (Royston, 1944), p. 48. Not seen.
  4. Hidden East Anglia - Litlington.


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