Hathersage

The recent furore surrounding the rebuilding of the ancient stepping stones at the lower end of Dovedale at the behest of the nanny state reminds me that the line of equally ancient stepping stones on the river Derwent upstream of Hathersage were the subject of interference by the do-gooding county council a few years ago.

Country diary: North Derbyshire 2010

Of course, we have other attractions, like Little John's grave in the churchyard at Hathersage, Robin Hood's stoup, Robin Hood's Stride and even Robin Hood's bow.

Archive 2007-05-01 2007

Of course, we have other attractions, like Little John's grave in the churchyard at Hathersage, Robin Hood's stoup, Robin Hood's Stride and even Robin Hood's bow.

Derbyshire's all of a quiver over Robin Hood's bow... 2007

On our way from the "Fox House Inn" to Hathersage we passed some strange-looking rocks which were said to resemble the mouth of a huge toad; but as we had not studied the anatomy of that strange creature, and had no desire to do so, a casual glance as we walked along a down gradient into Hathersage was sufficient.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Little John's Well was not far away, and Hathersage, our next stage, was where he was buried.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

At the village of Hathersage, about six miles from Castleton, in Derbyshire, is Little John's grave.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 568, September 29, 1832 Various

My Lord Shrewsbury rode about Derbyshire, directed the search for recusants and presided at their deaths; priests of all kinds came and went in disguise; Mr. Owen went about constructing hiding-holes; Mr. Bassett lived defiantly at Langleys, and dabbled a little (I am afraid) in occultism; Mr. Fenton was often to be found in Hathersage -- all these things took place as nearly as I have had the power of relating them.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

Grindleford and Lyham, in the parish of Hathersage, in consideration of eight hundred marks of silver, to be paid to Thomas FitzHerbert,

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

There were excuses in plenty for Robin to ride abroad, to the north towards Hathersage or to the south towards Dethick, as the whim took him; for he was learning to manage the estate that should be his one day.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

He saw nothing but the clear October sky above him, cut by the roofs fringed with heads (a skein of birds passed slowly over it as he raised his eyes); and, beneath, that irreckonable pavement of heads, motionless now as a cornfield in a still evening, one glimpse of the river -- the river, he remembered even at this instant, that came down from Hathersage and

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892