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Silkstone Parish |
CANNON HALL, (the seat of John Spencer Stanhope Esq.) in the township of Cawthorne, and parish of Silkstone, 4 miles from Penistone, 5 from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield.
Cannon Hall, anciently pronounced Camel Hull, is rendered famous by being the retreat of Wm. Lockwood, of Lockwood, after the battle at Eland, with the Elanders, in the reign of Edward III. In this house, Lockwood commenced an amour with a young woman of loose principles, who betrayed him into the hands of his enemies. --Watson's History of Halifax. In the library, which contains a valuable collection of books, among other curiosities, is the bow of Little John, the famous outlaw and companion of Robin Hood. It was brought many years ago from Wathersage, in Derbyshire, an estate formerly belonging to the Spencer family, where Little John was buried. The bow bears the name of Colonel Naylor, 1715, who is said to have been the last man who bent it. It is of Yew, and though the two ends, where the horns were affixed, are broken, it still measures above six feet. --Watson's History of Halifax. --Neale.