1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (07)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Allusion | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1831 |
| Author | Lewis, Samuel |
| Title | A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions |
| Mentions | Robin Hood; Sherwood Forest |
Mansfield.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
MANSFIELD, a market town and parish, comprising the hamlets of Pleasley Hill, Radmansthwaite, and Moor-Haigh, in the northern division of the wapentake of Broxtow, county of Nottingham. 14 miles (N. by W.) from Nottingham, and 138 (N. N.W.) from London, containing 7881 inhabitants. [...] Till the year 1715, the courts for the forest of Sherwood, celebrated in ballad story as the scene of the exploits of the renowned archer, Robin Hood, and his band of freebooters, were held at Mansfield. The town Is situated on the road from London to Leeds, in a deep vale, in the centre of the ancient Forest of Sherwood: it is of considerable size, and consists of three principal streets, besides others branching from them, which are narrow and irregular: the houses are principally built of grey stone, and, at the entrance to the town from Southwell, there are several excavated in the sand-stone rock. [...][1]
Source notes
Capitals and small caps as in printed source. IRHB's brackets.
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
- Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Editions
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions (London, 1831), vol. III, p. 247, s.n. Mansfield
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Second Edition (London, 1833). Not seen
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Third Edition (London, 1835); see vol. III (unpag.), s.n. Mansfield
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Fourth Edition (London, 1840); see vol. III, p. 220, s.n. Mansfield
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Fifth Edition (London, 1845). Not seen
- Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions. Seventh Edition (London, 1848); see vol. III, p. 240, s.n. Mansfield. Retains the passage, but introduces a change of paragraph after "ancient Forest of Sherwood".
Background
Also see
- Sherwood Forest
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (03)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (04)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (05)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (06)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (08)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (09)
- 1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (14)
- 1835 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England
- 1848 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England
- Kirklees Priory
- Robin Hood's Grave (Kirklees Priory).
Notes
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel, compil. A Topographical Dictionary of England, comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions (London, 1831), vol. III, p. 247, s.n. Mansfield.