Robin Hood's Stone (Grassholme)

Locality
Coordinate	54.5933, -2.134
Adm. div.	North Riding of Yorkshire
Vicinity	1.7 km WNW of Grassholme
Type	Natural feature
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct?
First Record	1856

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Robin Hood's Stone.

The indistinct blob sitting at the near edge of the brown field, slightly above and to the right of the centre point of the photo, is Robin Hood's Stone / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-05-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

On the 6" O.S. map of the Hunderthwaite–Lunedale–Mickleton area surveyed 1854 and published 1856, Robin Hood's Stone is indicated by the side of a road c. 1.7 km WNW of Grassholme, which now belongs to county Durham but was formerly part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. The name of the stone is omitted on the 6" map of the Lunedale area published 1895 (surveyed 1891-92) but is found on the 1920 map of the area (surveyed 1912-13). This stone appears to have escaped the notice of Dobson & Taylor and all other Robin Hood researchers. A Google search done in May 2016 yielded no results.

Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.

Maps

• O.S. 6" map Yorkshire 4 (incl. Hunderthwaite; Lunedale; Mickleton) (1856; surveyed 1854)
• O.S. 6" map Yorkshire IV.NW (incl. Lunedale) (1895; surveyed 1891-92) (the stone is indicated, but without legend.
• O.S. 6" map Yorkshire IV.NW (incl. Lunedale) (1920; surveyed 1912-13) ('Robin Hood's Stone' again indicated with legend.)

Background

• A Vision of Britain through Time: Lunedale North Riding.

Also see

• Places named Robin Hood's Stone.

Notes

 North Riding of Yorkshire place-names 

 Yorkshire place-names 

 Place-names