Robinhood (Sutton)
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.2446, -2.1249 |
| Adm. div. | Cheshire |
| Vicinity | London Road, Sutton, Macclesfield |
| Type | Building |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Defunct |
| First Record | 1831or 1842 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
A cluster of three buildings, probably a farmstead, immediately east of London Road (A523), in Sutton, south of central Macclesfield, is labelled 'Robinhood' on O.S. maps from 1842 on.[1] As far as I can see, Dodgson, in the first English Place-name Society volume on Cheshire lists this locality under both Macclesfield and Sutton. Under the latter he notes that "Moss End or Robin Hood" is thus labelled on Bryant's 1831 map of Cheshire. Unfortunately the only version of this map available online is in such low resolution that I have not been able to locate 'Moss End or Robin Hood" on it (see Maps section below),[2] but it seems likely that the element 'moss' refers to Danes Moss, near which the Robinhood listed under Macclesfield is located, so we are probably here concerned with duplicate entries of one and the same place-name,
Very likely the names of Robin Hood Avenue and Sherwood Road in the immediate vicinity were inspired by this defunct place-name.
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. I, pp. 123, 155.
Maps
- Bryant, Andrew, Map of Cheshire (1831) (Cheshire Local History Association: 16th - 19th Century maps of Cheshire)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI (1882; surveyed 1871-72)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (1898; rev. 1896-97)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (1898; rev. 1896-97) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (1910; rev. 1907)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (c. 1933; rev. 1907)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (c. 1937; rev. 1907)
- 6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (c. 1944; rev. c. 1938).
Also see
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. I, p. 123. And see Maps section on this page.
- ↑ Dodgson, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 123, 155.