Sherwood House (Clapham)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 54.112092, -2.456002 |
Adm. div. | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Vicinity | c. 3.3 km E of Bentham; c. 4.2 km W of Clapham |
Type | Building |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant? |
First Record |
Butt Hill or Robin Hood Butts, about midway between Bentham and Clapham in Craven.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-05-30.
Formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the area where the hill is situated now belongs administratively to North Yorkshire.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CXIII.9 (1894; surveyed 1893)
- 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CXIII.9 (1909; rev. 1907)
- 25" O.S. map Bentham parish, Yorkshire (1950s) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 113 (1851; surveyed 1846–47)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXIII (1896; surveyed 1893)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXIII.SW (1910; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CXIII.SW (1910; rev. 1907).
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.
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Sign reading 'Sherwood', front right; Sherwood House must be just beyond and below the hill / Michael Graham, 21 May 2006, Creative Commons, via Geograph.