Thoresby Hall (Perlethorpe)
[[File:|thumb|500px|right|Sneath. Thoresby House, Dukeries (Sheffield, [s.d.]). Photographic postcard (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm. / Private collection.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-18.
Thoresby Hall, which was rebuilt in the period 1864-75, has a wooden Mantelpiece in the library with carvings of Robin Hood and Little John. In the forecourt is a statue of Robin Hood.Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1884; surveyed 1883-84)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1900; rev. 1897-98)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1921; rev. 1915)
Background
- Brentnall, Margaret. 'Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest', [Unknown British travel and tourism magazine] (1963-12), pp. 15-17, 58.
- Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), pp. 39-48: "Thoresby"; describes the mansion and park as they were in 1913, pp. 39-40
- Notts Art History: Reflections on the Legacy of Marie Louise Roosevelt Pierrepoint, Countesss Manvers.
Thoresby Hall, by E.W. Haslehust / Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), plate facing p. 42.
The mantelpiece / Brentnall, Margaret. 'Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest', [Unknown British travel and tourism magazine] (1963-12), pp. 15-17, 58; see p. 16 / Private collection.
Anonymous. Robin Hood [Statue, Thoresby Hall, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire] ([s.l.], [s.d]) / Private collection / Private collection.
Frith, Francis. Robin Hood Statue, Thoresby Hall, Ollerton (Orr., No. 39) (Reigate, [s.d.]). Picture postcard (b./w.). 141 x 89 mm. / Private collection / Private collection.