Thoresby Hall (Perlethorpe)

Locality
Coordinate	53.233596, -1.045206
Adm. div.	Nottinghamshire
Vicinity	Perlethorpe
Type	Building
Interest	Artifacts
Status	Extant
First Record	1864-75

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Thoresby Hall.

Sneath. Thoresby House, Dukeries (Sheffield, [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm. / HTN collection.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

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.

Gazetteers

Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 303.

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
• Wikipedia: Charles Pierrepont, Viscount Newark
• Wikipedia: Earl Manvers
• Wikipedia: Thoresby Hall.

Also see

• Thoresby Hall place-name cluster
• Perlethorpe place-name cluster.

Image gallery

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  Sneath. Thoresby House, Dukeries (Sheffield, [s.d.]). Photo­graphic post­card (monochrome). 137 x 87 mm. / HTN collection.

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  Thoresby Hall, by E.W. Haslehust / Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), plate facing p. 42.

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  The mantelpiece / Brentnall, Margaret. 'Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest', [Unknown British travel and tourism magazine] (1963-12), pp. 15-17, 58; see p. 16 / HTN collection.

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  Anonymous. Robin Hood [Statue, Thoresby Hall, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire] ([s.l.], [s.d]) / HTN collection.

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  Frith, Francis. Robin Hood Statue, Thoresby Hall, Ollerton (Orr., No. 39) (Reigate, [s.d.]). Picture post­card (b./w.). 141 x 89 mm. / HTN collection.

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