Talk:Robin Hood's Bay

Railway
There is a model railway, called Bramblewick,based on the local practice for the former station at Robin Hood's bay, which was on the now closed Scarborough to Whitby line. The station was the site of a Camping coach in 1957. Signed about 2 years later by Britmax 21:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Damon the Monk
User:EnerJolt made this edit, which attributes the name to a legend about Robin fighting a pirate name Damon the Monk. We'll need more evidence if we are going to include that as any more than a vague conjecture. The only result from Googling "Damon the Monk" was this - a book by one Henry Gilbert written sometime around 1912. What his sources were and how faithful he was to original legends I have no idea. --Spondoolicks 22:01, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

This article is very superfical Try http://www.robin-hoods-bay.co.uk/html/local_history.htm when you start searching. I don't think it has much iabout the alum trade but it has a lot of other information including trustworthy material about the name. (incidentally, there is a mid-sixteenth century record of its name as 'Robyn Huddes Bay'. Robin Hood had been a mythcal folk hero for a couple of hundred years by then. see Adrian Rooms book ISBN 0 7475 0170 X  82.47.176.254 10:54, 21 February 2007 (UTC)mikeL

Robin Hood's Bay family history
Storm + Company of Robin Hood's Bay Stormrhb 18:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Town or Village
The article refers to RHB as a town, but none of the locals ever call it a town, has anyone got any evidence to comfirm its status one way or the other? Also aren't the bottom few items (Wireless access etc) blatent advertising in what is supposed to be an encyclopedia? 84.68.216.79 20:13, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm a local, and whether i call it a town or village depends more on who i'm talking to, or on the context. I'm also the techie for the wireless system - the IP address that posted that bit covers our entire system, so a customer of ours must have added it - it can be removed if necessary, or maybe made less like an advert - more informatve. 84.12.135.112 04:38, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Historically, it was referred to alternatively as Baytown, a name which lives on in the Baytown Players. Although it may not seem large enough today, it was once of more commercial significance than Whitby. Perhaps it would be better if the article referred to it as a village but also gave the alternatively name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.134.69 (talk) 20:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Origin of the name
Some older locals believe the name may have derived from Rubin Wood and that the village may have originally been named Rubin Woods Bay and subsequently became distorted over time by popular English folklore. Apparently Rubin Wood was the name of the wood to the South West of the Dock which was previously much larger. I believe what is left of the wood is now privately owned and no longer named as such, however it seems a very plausible explanation as to the origin of the name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naykon (talk • contribs) 16:46, 13 December 2011 (UTC) . .Robin (robyn) Hood appears to be a name used in medevil times to refer to any thief or vagabond who lived outside the law. There must have many stories some part-true about such characters. Robin Hoods Bay might equally have been called thieves bay an it was sometimes "‘Robin Oed’s Bay’ is mentioned in correspondence from the years 1324 to 1346, between the Count of Flanders and King Edward (Ancient Correspondence of the Chancery and the Exchequer, National Archives, SC1/33/202). The record was discovered by Robert Lynley. This place later became known as ‘Robin Hood’s Bay’ (see below; Yorkshire, North Riding, Robin Hood’s Bay)." from a simple internet place name search.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.97.139.149 (talk) 09:14, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
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