Robin Hood's Grave is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Memorial.
Robin Hood's Grave
- WRENN ID
- muffled-mullion-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SE 174 215
- Coordinates
- 53.68972, -1.73733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Robin Hood's Grave is a memorial and grave stone from the 18th century. It features hammer-dressed stone walls topped with ashlar copings, and at each of the four corners, there are fluted columns of Doric style capped with finials. The grave is enclosed by cast iron railings. Built into the north wall is a tablet with an 18th-century inscription written in Chaucerian language, which reads: 'Hear Underneath dis laitl stean Laz robert earl of Huntingtun Ne'er arcir ver az hie sa geud An pipl Kauld im robin heud Sick utlawz az hi an iz men Vil england nivr si agen Obiit 24 Kal Dekembris 1247'.
The enclosure also protects a fragment of the reputed grave, which was previously plundered for pieces believed to cure toothache. This information is noted in G. Hepworth's work, "Brighouse, its scenery and antiquities," published in Halifax in 1885.
Local climate
Robin Hood's Grave receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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