Robin Hood's Chair (Ennerdale Water)

Locality
Coordinate	54.5235, -3.3912
Adm. div.	Cumberland
Vicinity	Immediately south of Ennerdale Water
Type	Natural feature
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1867

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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, 2021-01-06.

'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:PlaceNamesItemQuery

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

• Wikipedia: Ennerdale Water.