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Title: Kirklees Priory Gate House, from the South - HLS05930
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Title
Kirklees Priory Gate House, from the South - HLS05930
Description
Slide 4 - From the character of the architecture, this front of the Gate House, would not be earlier than the time of Elizabeth. Yet the room, looking out to the south, though altered and re-cased, may be the successor, on the same spot, of that where Robin Hood is said to have died. Lying here, helpless and dying, he is described as seizing his horn and blowing 'weak blasts three'. Little John, who was never far off, heard them --
'I fear my master is near dead
He blows so wearily'
And forthwith broke bar and lock, and finding Robin Hood in hopeless case, proposed to burn down the place by way of vengeance.
'I fear my master is near dead
He blows so wearily'
And forthwith broke bar and lock, and finding Robin Hood in hopeless case, proposed to burn down the place by way of vengeance.
Creator
George Hepworth
Source
Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society
Date
1905 , 1900s
Rights
PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HLS05930.tif
Collection
Citation
George Hepworth, “Kirklees Priory Gate House, from the South - HLS05930,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7326.
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