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Robin Hood Wood, Bassenthwaite
Robin Hood Wood
locality:-   Bassenthwaite
civil parish:-   Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   wood
coordinates:-   NY23053264
1Km square:-   NY2332
10Km square:-   NY23

notes:-  
Wood for making clogs was collected here, in Cobblers Hollow.
Some sheep stealers wrer hanged hereabouts, and their ghosts are said to haunt the hollow.

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