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Robin Hood's Grave (pictured 2001) Robin Hood's Grave is the name given to a monument in Kirklees Park Estate , West Yorkshire , England, near the now-ruined Kirklees Priory . It is alleged to be the burial place of English folk hero Robin Hood .
Robin Hood is a village in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is close to the City of Wakefield boundary and is situated between Leeds and Wakefield as well as being close to Rothwell and Lofthouse. It forms part of the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds South West and Morley parliamentary constituency.
Over the next three centuries, the name popped-up all over the place, such as at Robin Hood's Bay, near Whitby in Yorkshire, Robin Hood's Butts in Cumbria, and Robin Hood's Walk at Richmond, Surrey. Robin Hood type place-names occurred particularly everywhere except Sherwood. The first place-name in Sherwood does not appear until the year 1700 ...
Robin Hood's Bay is in the parish of Fylingdales which contains two churches both dedicated to St Stephen. The Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales , on the hill side at Raw, above the village, replaced an ancient church which had Saxon origins and was demolished in about 1821 and was a dependent chapel of Whitby Abbey .
Description [Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England] [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. Notes: Title from the Detroit ...
English: Photograph of Bedlington, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, England. Date: 1 August 2023: Source: ... View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
The priory is featured in the medieval legend of Robin Hood. According to Robin Hood's Death, Robin was killed by the prioress of Kirklees. She was medically treating Robin via bleeding, but treacherously drained too much of his blood instead. [7] A monument in the woods near the River Calder claims to be Robin Hood's Grave. [3] [4] [8]
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