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 Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Robinhoodstreteclose 1650 WCR3d
  • Robbin Hood hill 1657 Pick

Etymology

, Robinhoodstreteclose 1650WCR 3d, Robbin Hood hill 1657 Pick , on Robin Hood in YW p. ns . cf. Robin Hood's Boweri, 226supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site