. The history and antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham; containing the whole of Thoroton's account of that place, and all that is valuable in Deering. ? f^yi^^- - - -^ ^-^—^ Aoiw^Coo^ ote;^xiv|aJ°;^ecet4vi§ mcc;Ot>!:pi?vii SHIREWOOD FOREST. OF THE TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM, i^l The Well is under an arched ftone roof, of rude workmnnfhip, the water is verycold, it will kill a toad.—See figure i.— It is ufcd by thole who are afRided withrheumatic pains-, and indeed, like many other popular fprings, for a variety ofdifordtrs. At the houle were iormcrly fliewn fcvcral things la
. The history and antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham; containing the whole of Thoroton's account of that place, and all that is valuable in Deering. ? f^yi^^- - - -^ ^-^—^ Aoiw^Coo^ ote;^xiv|aJ°;^ecet4vi§ mcc;Ot>!:pi?vii SHIREWOOD FOREST. OF THE TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM, i^l The Well is under an arched ftone roof, of rude workmnnfhip, the water is verycold, it will kill a toad.—See figure i.— It is ufcd by thole who are afRided withrheumatic pains-, and indeed, like many other popular fprings, for a variety ofdifordtrs. At the houle were iormcrly fliewn fcvcral things laid to have belonged toRobin Hood; but they are frittered down to what are now called his cap, or helme:,and a part of his chair. As thefe have paffed current for many years, and perhaps ages,as things once belonging to that renowned robber, I fl^etched them. They are reprc-fcnted on the annexed plate. A remaikable circumllance happened here about fifty years fuice. The (lory is toldthus: A regiment of dragoons lay at Nottingham, at that time, and five of the menagreed to go a deer-fteaiiiig, tor which purpole they traverled, in the night, over a greatextent
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