Yorkshire Notes and Queries, Volumes 1-2editor, 1888 - Folklore |
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Page 82
... Robyn Hode for to sle , And how they myght best do that dede , His banis for to be . Than bespake good Robyn , In place ... Robin Hood lies buried in the adjoining park of Kirklees , and some may have heard that he was bled to death by a ...
... Robyn Hode for to sle , And how they myght best do that dede , His banis for to be . Than bespake good Robyn , In place ... Robin Hood lies buried in the adjoining park of Kirklees , and some may have heard that he was bled to death by a ...
Page 104
... Robin Hood's death which is so graphically des- Icribed in the fine old ballad of Robin Hood's Death and Burial which we would fain believe to be true . Many doubts have been thrown on the existence of this famous outlaw who robbed the ...
... Robin Hood's death which is so graphically des- Icribed in the fine old ballad of Robin Hood's Death and Burial which we would fain believe to be true . Many doubts have been thrown on the existence of this famous outlaw who robbed the ...
Page 105
... Robin Hood did not live in the early part of the 12th century as one would conclude from the epitaph said to have been inscribed on his gravestone , but in the first part of the 14th century , in the reigns of Edward II and Edward III ...
... Robin Hood did not live in the early part of the 12th century as one would conclude from the epitaph said to have been inscribed on his gravestone , but in the first part of the 14th century , in the reigns of Edward II and Edward III ...
Page 206
... Robin Hood's gravestone , and the ruins of a Benedictine Nunnery founded anno 1236 , and dedicated to St. Mary , are to be seen on ye N.W. side of the parish near Nun Brook . The latitude of Mirfield is 53 ° 424 " N. , the longitude ...
... Robin Hood's gravestone , and the ruins of a Benedictine Nunnery founded anno 1236 , and dedicated to St. Mary , are to be seen on ye N.W. side of the parish near Nun Brook . The latitude of Mirfield is 53 ° 424 " N. , the longitude ...
Page 210
... Robin Hood's Sepulchral Monument , and the ruins of a Benedictine Nunnery . Yew Tree , an old studded building . Mock Beggar and Roe Head , two good farm houses , the long range of houses is called Ratton Row . The Warren House stands ...
... Robin Hood's Sepulchral Monument , and the ruins of a Benedictine Nunnery . Yew Tree , an old studded building . Mock Beggar and Roe Head , two good farm houses , the long range of houses is called Ratton Row . The Warren House stands ...
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