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- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-14. Revised by … This page on websites includes a short list of lists of websites and a slightly longer list of websites as well as a long list of potentially useful web resources. Lists and webographies ⁃ Robin Hood Project at the University of Rochester: Other Ressources. Lists a handful of dedicated sites. Robin Hood Websites The items included here deal exclusively with or include substantial amounts of material on the Robin Hood tradition. ⁃ Experience Nottinghamshire: Robin Hood (official tourism website of Nottinghamshire) ⁃ Here Begynneth A Lytell Geste of Robin Hood… ⁃ The Legend of Robin Hood ⁃ Our Nottinghamshire: Robin Hood ⁃ The Outlaw Robin Hood - His Yorkshire Legend (Barbara Green) ⁃ Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood. Site with information on various aspects of the tradition, history etc. ⁃ Robin Hood Loxley Yorkshire ⁃ The Robin Hood …8 KB (1,064 words) - 02:00, 1 June 2022
- The former Pinder of Wakefield. The passage was 'behind' it. probably meaning on the east side By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-16. Revised by … The Pinder of Wakefield, a pub on Grays Inn Road, was in existence at least as early as 1692. An alley behind it is referred to in the 1791 record cited below and named in that dated 1822. It is listed in Lockie's topography (1810) as "Pindar - Passage, Gray's-Inn-Lane,—8 doors S. of Britannia-st." Lockie, John 1810a, s.n. Pindar-Passage. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Lockie, John 1810a, s.n. Pindar-Passage ⁃⁃ Lockie, John 1813a, s.n. Pindar-Passage. Maps ⁃25" O.S. map London XXVI (1877; surveyed 1871) ⁃25" O.S. map London sheet V.6 (1916; rev. 1913) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Middlesex XVII (1880-82; surveyed 1868-73) ⁃ 6" O.S. map London VII.NW (1894-96; rev. 1893-94) ⁃ 6" O.S. map London sheet K (1920; rev. …3 KB (382 words) - 00:51, 6 January 2021
- Robin Hood Court was somewhere near the point indicated. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-23. Revised by … Robin Hood Court was a small cul-de-sac not far from the southern end of Bucknall Street and thus near Dyott Street. It is known only from early 19th century topographical reference works. When dealing with localities in this area it is good to know that street layout and nomenclature underwent considerable changes from the mid-18th century to the 20th century. For this see the page on the nearby Robin Hood pub. John Lockie in his topography of London (1810) lists the court as "Robinhood-Court, Church-Lane, St. Giles's,—about four doors on the L. from Diot-street, near Phænix-street". Lockie, John 1810a, s.n. Robinhood-Court [I]. In the 1813 edition this has been update to take account of recent changes in street layout and nomenclature: "Robinhood Court, Church Lane,—4 doors from George-st. Bloomsbury". Lockie, John 1813a, s.n. Robinhood Court …7 KB (915 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Robin Hood Lane, Poplar. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-28. Revised by … Robin Hood Lane in Poplar is first recorded on Joel Gascoyne's 1703 map of Stepney (see Maps section below). Cf. also Gover, John Eric Bruce 1942a, p. 137, and p. xx for source reference. Since 1966 it has been home to a controversial 'brutalist' concrete housing project named Robin Hood Gardens, which is now being torn down. Robin Hood Lane figures not infrequently in reports of cases at the Old Bailey (see Records below). It is included in the list of London street and place-names in the Compleat Compting-House Companion (1763). Anonymous 1763a, p. 418 s.n. Robin Hood lane. Lockie in his topography of London (1810) lists it as "Robinhood-Lane, Poplar,—at the E. end of Polar-High-st. or road, on the L. extending to the East-India dock-gate" (see Gazetteers below). Gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 299. Sources ⁃ Anonymous 1763a, p. 418 s.n. Robin Hood lane …5 KB (670 words) - 05:48, 13 February 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-16. Revised by … 'Pinner-Court' was the late 18th and 19th century name for what is now 52 and/or 54 Grays Inn Road. There were then two short narrow cul-de-sacs there. One of them was Pinner Court, a name which despite the different modern spelling may well have been inspired by the presence of the Pinder of Wakefield public house on Grays Inn Road. The street name is not found on any of the early maps I have seen, but it is included, as "Pinder's court", in a list of localities in the Compleat Compting House Companion (1763), Anonymous 1763a, p. 412 s.n. Pinder's court. and Lockie's topography (1810) notes that Pinner Court is located on "Gray's-Inn-Lane,—at 35, that number on the R. from Middle-row, Holborn". Lockie, John 1810a, s.n. Pinner-Court [1] Since he has Bell Court at No. 22, Portpool Lane at No. 52, and notes that Baldwin's Gardens lead to 32 Grays Inn Lane (later Gray's Inn Road), Lockie, John 1810a, s.nn. Bell-Court …5 KB (614 words) - 13:51, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-06-16. Revised by … This locality was kindly brought to IRHB's notice by Chris. Robin Hood's Mark, situated c. 2 km southwest of Ashover, is first recorded in 1794. This natural stone feature is located c. 200 m south of the Turning Stone and somewhere north of Cocking Tor. Hayman Rooke, who was the first to mention Robin Hood's Mark, gave this account of it in 1794 (published in 1796): There is in the Peak of Derbyshire a very remarkable rocking stone, called by the country people Robin Hood's Mark; it stands on the edge of a declivity near the top of a hill on Ashover common, looking down upon Overton hall, an estate of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. the respectable President of the Royal Society, who will undoubtedly preserve this curious Druidical monument. Fig. 1. plate V. represents the South view of this rocking stone, which, from its extraordinary position, evidently appears not only to have been the work of art, but to have been …10 KB (1,368 words) - 16:43, 8 May 2022
- Robin Hood Court was perhaps near the point indicated. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-24. Revised by … Somewhere between Golden Lane and Goswell Road, then named Goswell Street, was a yard or cul-de-sac named Robin Hood Court in the mid-18th to early 19th century. It is listed in a few topographical handbooks of the period but apparently not included on any maps. Robin Hood Court is included in a list of localities in the Compleat Compting House Companion (1763) Anonymous 1763a, p. 417, s.n. Robin Hood court [1]. and the New Complete Guide (1783). Anonymous 1783a, p. 59 s.n. Robin Hood's court [1]. John Lockie in his topography of London lists it as "Robinhood-Court, Bell-Alley, Golden-Lane,—the third on the R. from Golden-lane, towards Goswell-street". Bell-Alley led away from Golden Lane at a ninety-degree angle, then turned roughly north to run parallel to Golden Lane, then again turned ninety degrees towards Goswell Road. Somewhere along the route was Robin …5 KB (688 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- The corner of Milk Street and Robinhood Alley was very close to the point indicated on the map. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-18. Revised by … Listed in Harben's Dictionary of London under 'Robinhood Court' and by Dobson & Taylor as 'Robin Hood Court', the little street whose earliest known name was 'Robinhood Alley' ran "[e]ast out of Milk Street at No. 1, with a passage to Honey Lane Market. In Cheap Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within". Harben, Henry Andrade 1918a, p. 505, s.nn. Robin Hood Alley, Robinhood Court [2], Robinson's Court; Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 299, s.n. Robin Hood Court [3]. The records of Sun Fire Office refer to the alley as 'Robin Hood Court' in 1792. National Archives: Insured: John Wrigglesworth, Robin Hood Court Milk Street, warehouseman. This assumes that the NA online catalogue cites the actual form used in the fire insurance records. Lockie's topography (1810), which is the first source to use the form Robinhood Court, lists the …6 KB (745 words) - 04:01, 13 February 2021
- Approximate location of the Robin Hood and Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-20. Revised by … Also known as the Robin Hood (Tavern) and the Robinhood (and Little John), the Robin Hood and Little John was situated in a court on the north side of the stretch of the Strand where the main entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice now are. It was famous as the meeting place of the Robin Hood Society. The present precincts of the Royal Courts of Justice were a warren of gutters and 'courts' in the mid-18th century. One such street, Newastle Court, evidently had a 'sub-court' named 'Robin Hood Court' after the public house. The members of the Societie for Free and Candyd Enquirie, established in 1613, had met for their weekly debating nights first at members' homes, later at a public house in Essex Street before finally moving to the Robin Hood in 1747, Anonymous 1764a, pp. vii, 117. and thereupon adopting the new or alternative name of the Robin Hood Society. While …6 KB (801 words) - 13:54, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-24. Revised by … A Robin Hood Court once existed at what is now English Grounds on the east side of Battle Bridge Lane on the Thames side of Tooley Street. It is first recorded on John Rocque's map of London and Westminster (1746). Rocque labels the locality "Robin Woods C[ourt]" (see map detail below). It appears to have been inadvertently included twice in the long list of London street and place-names in the Compleat Compting-House Companion (1763). On checking the maps, the Companion's "Robin Hood court, Tooley street, Southwark" turns out to be identical with its "Robin Hood court, near Morgan's lane", Anonymous 1763a, pp. 417 s.n. Robin Hood court [4], 418 s.n. Robin Hood court [1]. for during the time Battle Bridge was known under the more peaceful-sounding name of Mill Lane, Morgan's Lane was the next side street of Tooley Street towards the east. The same double entry is found in the New Complete Guide (1783). Anonymous 1783a, …6 KB (799 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-23. Revised by … Robin Hood Court, named after a public house that once existed there, was located a little north-east of the church of St Clement Danes in an area now occupied by the Royal Courts of Justice. It is noted in mid-18th to early 19th century topographical reference works on London. Robin Hood Court is included in a list of localities in the Compleat Compting House Companion (1763). Anonymous 1763a, p. 417, s.n. Robin Hood court [6]. Lockie in his topography of London (editions of 1810 and 1813) notes a 'Robinhood-Court, Newcastle-Court, Strand,—the first on the L., a few yards from Picket-st. or the Strand, near Temple-bar' (see Gazetteers below). 'Picket Street' was then the name of the Strand on the north side of the church of St Clement Danes. See Edward Stanford's Library Map of London (1862-71), Westminster section. The stretch of the Strand where the main entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice now is was then …6 KB (867 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Site of Robin Hood Yard, Holborn By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-16. Revised by … Robin Hood Yard was a narrow oblong yard or cul-de-sac lane reached from a side entrance on the east side of Leather Lane. Lockie in his topography of London (editions of 1810 and 1813) lists it as "Robinhood-Yard, Leather-Lane, Holborn,—8 doors on the R. from 128, Holborn-hill". Lockie, John 1810a, s.n. Robinhood-Yard; Lockie, John 1813a, s.n. Robinhood-Yard. The earliest certain record of the place-name known to IRHB is John Rocque's 1746 Plan of London and Westminster. Rocque, John 1746a. Shown on this page. However, it is not impossible that the "Robin hood's yard in shoe lane" listed in a register entitled A New Review of London (1728) is really this yard in Leather Lane. Robin Hood Court in Shoe Lane might seem more likely to be meant, but this is already included in the register under the usual form of its name. Anonymous 1728a, p. 30 s.nn. 'Robin hood's court' and 'Robin …6 KB (856 words) - 04:36, 13 February 2021
- The site of Robin Hood Court, Bow Lane. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-23. Revised by … 'Robin Hood Court' was the name of a cul-de-sac located at what is today the intersection of Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street and Bow lane. First recorded in 1677 or 1682, it must have owed its name to the presence of a pub named the Robin Hood there Harben, Henry Andrade 1918a, p. 505, s.n. Robin Hood Court [1].. Henry Harben's earliest reference to Robin Hood Court is Ogilby and Morgan's Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (1677), but scans of this map available on the web (see Maps section below) do not include the name of the street. Harben, Henry Andrade 1918a, p. 505 s.n. Robinhood Court [1]; Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 299, s.n. Robin Hood Court [1]. It is, however, shown as well as labelled on William Morgan's 1682 map of London. Morgan, William 1904a, No. 474 in the list of 'Referenees [sic] in London[,] Continued from N o. 330 and ending at N o. 925 …7 KB (951 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- The site of Robin Hood Court. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-26. Revised by … Robin Hood Court was located in the area immediately north of Silk Street and west of Milton Street, where now a large law firm has its headquarters. John Strype in 1720 (see Allusions below) mentions 'Haberdashers Square, very genteel, with new well built Houses. The Court is square, and inclosed in with Palisade Pales, except a handsome passage to the Houses round about; and in the midst is a Dial', adding that '[t]his Court was made out of two old ones, viz. Paviers Court, and Robin Hood Court'. Haberdashers' Square was situated a few tens of meters west of the long vanished Grub Street from which it was reached via a short alley that looks relatively narrow on John Rocque's 1746 map of London and Westminster (see map detail below). The point where this alley led west from Grub street seems to be very close to the entrance to the underground parking lot of the law firm. Henry Harben's …7 KB (1,026 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Site of. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-17. Revised by … A now lost Robin Hood Court led west out of Shoe Lane to Great New Street in Holborn (Farringdon Ward Without). Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 300, s.n. Robin Hood Court [1], have "Farringdon Ward Within", but British History Online: A Dictionary of London: Robin Hood Court – Rolls' Yard has "Without". It is first recorded in 1623. On 26 Oct. 1623 at the French ambassador's house in Blackfriars, London, the floor of an upper room collapsed under the weight of three hundred people attending a religious service. Nearly a hundred of them were killed in this disaster known as the Fatal Vespers. A pamphlet about this tragic event published shortly after includes a list of casualties, among whom were a family from Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane. This is the first mention of the street name. Strype reprints the list, without stating his source, in his Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster (1720) (see …9 KB (1,256 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- The former Pinder of Wakefield. / hand-coloured map at RareMaps.com. ]] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-15. Revised by … The Pinder of Wakefield, a pub on Grays Inn Road, was in existence at least as early as 1692 (see Records below). It was almost certainly in existence by 1643 and may have been established as far back as 1517, which would make it one of the oldest known public houses with Robin Hood-related names. It is now named 'The Water Rats'. The present building, dating from 1878, was also home to an 'Old Time Music Hall' until the 1980s. The pub was frequented by Marx and Lenin during their London days. In 1986 it was acquired by the Grand Order of Water Rats Wikipedia: Grand Order of Water Rats. and its name was changed to The Water Rats. Weinreb, Benjamin 2008a, p. 642, s.n. Pindar of Wakefield. According to the well-respected London Encyclopedia, the pub was '[o]riginally built in 1517 when the landlord was George Green, one-time Pindar or …10 KB (1,393 words) - 15:26, 5 May 2022
- Site of Robin Hood Yard. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-22. Revised by … Robin Hood Yard in Charles II Street was presumably named after the Robin Hood pub, close or adjacent to which it was located. The earliest record of this place-name known to IRHB is John Rocque's Plan of London and Westminster, published in 1746 (see detail shown on this page). At some point during the 18th century almost all of Robin Hood Yard was incorporated into the neighbouring 31 Charles II Street and ceased being a publicly accessible place. There is no direct evidence that the name of the yard was inspired by that of the pub, and in fact the pub is first noted in 1762, sixteen years later than the yard. Yet most likely the pub came before the yard. In this period as now, 'Robin Hood' or 'Robin Hood and Little John' was a common pub name, but relatively few thoroughfares of any kind were named after the outlaw. Several of the latter were adjacent to pubs named after Robin Hood. Examples in …9 KB (1,358 words) - 13:54, 7 January 2021
- The site of Robin Hood's Well. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-19. Revised by … Includes information kindly provided by an anonymous contributor. A no longer existing Robin Hood's Well in Knutsford is first mentioned in 1847 and figures on maps published in 1882 and 1899. It was probably named after Robin Hood, a race horse belonging to a Matthew Miller. Henry Green in his Knutsford (see 1859 allusion below), tells us that over the well, presumably as an inscription or on a signboard, was the motto 'If Robin Hood be not at home | Stop and take a drink with little John'. Just beside the well was an enclosed mound and a stone on which the words 'Alas! poor Bob!' were engraved. On making enquiries, Green learned that the Robin Hood in question was a race horse which lay buried under the mound and that 'little John's drink' was strong ale rather than pure water. Perhaps unknown to Green, the motto over the well was a variant of a piece of verse that was inscribed near the …11 KB (1,675 words) - 18:54, 22 April 2022
- Barnsdale Bar where the Great North Road forks; both branches were called Watling Street during the Medieval period. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-17. Revised by … In the Gest of Robyn Hode, Robin Hood sends his men to 'Watlinge Strete' to look out for wayfarers. 'Watling Street' is of course the name of the Roman (and pre-Roman) road from Dover to Wroxeter, but during the Middle Ages and the early modern period the name was also applied, at least locally, to several other stretches of Roman road, including two or three in Barnsdale. Since the 1970s it has been generally assumed that the Sayles to which Robin Hood sends three of his men to look out for wayfarers should be identified with Sayles Plantation near Wentbridge. In Barnsdale, at Barnsdale Bar, the Great North road forks into a north-westerly and a north-easterly branch, both of which were called Watling Street and both of which pass through Wentbridge. The name is recorded for the north-westerly branch (now …13 KB (1,878 words) - 19:19, 22 April 2022
- Short introduction We hope that this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand name. It is called 'International' because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, we intend to add information about materials in other languages such as translations of ballads, secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably 'Bibliography' is a misnomer as the site already includes a wealth of all sorts of information one would not normally expect to find in a bibliography, but the bibliographical aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so another name had to be found for the site. Latest news NEW subsite: IRHB Editions, currently with a single edition: A Gest of Robyn Hode ⁃ 2024-03-12: All tithe awards for the following English counties have now been searched for Robin Hood-related place names: …36 KB (4,936 words) - 11:49, 22 March 2024