West Riding of Yorkshire place-names

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-13.

Introduction

This page lists, and provides data summaries of, West Riding of Yorkshire place-names. Similar pages exist for the East, and North Ridings as well as for the entire shire.

Chronology

15th century

Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 15th century.

16th century

Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 16th century.

17th century

Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 17th century.

18th century

Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 18th century.

19th century

Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 19th century.

20th century

Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 20th century.

21st century

Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 21st century.

Unknown century

The vast majority of these are certainly or almost certainly 19th, 20th or 21st century.

Local traditions

Localities with local traditions relating to Robin Hood.

Literary locales

Literary locales etc. in the historical West Riding of Yorkshire.

Miscellaneous

Localities that do not fall under any of the above categories

All localities

All Robin Hood-related place-names and localities.

Place-name clusters

Clusters of Robin Hood place-names, localities with local traditions, literary locales etc. in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Lists and Gazetteers

Also see

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