English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Robin Hood's Well, Robin Hood's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Robin Hood Wood 1734 Vyner

Etymology

, Robin Hood Wood 1734Vyner , an allusion to the famous outlaw of the ballads ( cf. Robin Hood's Boweri, 226supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site