Robin Hood's Chair (Ennerdale Water)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Robin Hood's Chair.
Robin Hood's Chair / Phil Catterall, 20 May 2010, Creative Commons.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.
'Robin Hood's Chair' is the name of a rock immediately NE of Angler's Crag on the south shore of Ennerdale Water. The earliest reference I have found so far is a 6" O.S. map published in 1867, based on surveying done in 1863 (see Maps section below). Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 295, s.n. Robin Hood's Chair.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland LXVIII (1867; surveyed 1863)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland LXVIII.SE (1900; rev. 1898)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland LXVIII.SE (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cumberland LXVIII.SE (1926; rev. 1923-24).
Background