Thoresby Hall (Perlethorpe)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.233596, -1.045206 |
Adm. div. | Nottinghamshire |
Vicinity | Perlethorpe |
Type | Building |
Interest | Artifacts |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1864-75 |
Thoresby Hall.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Thoresby Hall, which was rebuilt in the period 1864-75, has a wooden Mantelpiece in the library with carvings of Robin Hood and Little John. In the forecourt is a statue of Robin Hood.
Gazetteers
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1884; surveyed 1883-84)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1900; rev. 1897-98)
- 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1921; rev. 1915)
Background
- Brentnall, Margaret. 'Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest', [Unknown British travel and tourism magazine] (1963-12), pp. 15-17, 58.
- Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), pp. 39-48: "Thoresby"; describes the mansion and park as they were in 1913, pp. 39-40
- Notts Art History: Reflections on the Legacy of Marie Louise Roosevelt Pierrepoint, Countesss Manvers
- Wikipedia: Charles Pierrepont, Viscount Newark
- Wikipedia: Earl Manvers
- Wikipedia: Thoresby Hall.
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Thoresby Hall, by E.W. Haslehust / Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), plate facing p. 42.
The mantelpiece / Brentnall, Margaret. 'Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest', [Unknown British travel and tourism magazine] (1963-12), pp. 15-17, 58; see p. 16 / HTN collection.