Was Robin Hood really born ..

... in Sheffield?

pure fiction

Like most of history taught in schools its a story

He was called Robin of Loxley and had a pub named after him in that area.

His mate John Little moved to Hathersage and is buried there.

So yes both Sheffielders as stated in Sir Walter Scott's book Ivanhoe.

He was called Robin of Loxley and had a pub named after him in that area.

His mate John Little moved to Hathersage and is buried there.

So yes both Sheffielders as stated in Sir Walter Scott's book Ivanhoe.

I heard a rumour his Merry men used to go to ye olde Barleycorn

I heard the guys in tights went in the pub higher up.

Allegedly......

As for Robin hood, the legend say's he wore Lincoln green a cloth produced in Lincoln, but that doesn't mean he must have come from Lincoln.

I have a navy blue suit but that doesn't make me a sailor

It also says the Sheriff was from Nottingham, but that doesn't mean he came from Nottingham, it just means that the the area he worked in was under that Sheriffs jurisdiction..

So if such a person ever existed outside of legend then why not....

Google robinhood-loxley.weebly.com

Also http://www.robinhoodloxley.net/default.htm

They make a convincing case!

I heard a rumour his Merry men used to go to ye olde Barleycorn

They worked behind the bar in tights.

Maid Marian used the pub as her office .

I heard the guys in tights went in the pub higher up.

 

Allegedly......

 

As for Robin hood, the legend say's he wore Lincoln green a cloth produced in Lincoln, but that doesn't mean he must have come from Lincoln.

I have a navy blue suit but that doesn't make me a sailor

It also says the Sheriff was from Nottingham, but that doesn't mean he came from Nottingham, it just means that the the area he worked in was under that Sheriffs jurisdiction..

 

So if such a person ever existed outside of legend then why not....

Also the position of 'Sheriff of Nottingham' didn't exist then.

According to Wikepedia: 'From 1068 until 1567, the position existed as*'High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests'

Earliest references put him in the Barnsdale area, but he could have operated in Sherwood Forest which stretched much forther then, a horse ride away.

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Also the position of 'Sheriff of Nottingham' didn't exist then.

 

According to Wikepedia: 'From 1068 until 1567, the position existed as*'High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests'

 

Earliest references put him in the Barnsdale area, but he could have operated in Sherwood Forest which stretched much forther then, a horse ride away.

 

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Earliest references to Sheffield's: Robin of Loxley: was in Bowden Homestead woods at the side of what is now Sheffield Parkway.

Pure fiction but the myth is surely based in Loxley SHEFFIELD and not Nottingham..

He was called Robin of Loxley and had a pub named after him in that area.

His mate John Little moved to Hathersage and is buried there.

So yes both Sheffielders as stated in Sir Walter Scott's book Ivanhoe.

How myths grow!

When I was a kid, the Hathersage Church graveyard was a regular stop on our hikes.

There was a grave with a headstone that couldn't have been more than 200 years old, marked John Little. About 7 feet away was a stone in the ground purported to be "footstone". Even we kids were cynical at the time.

Fast forward 70 years and now you have a new, updated gravestone that goes on about "Little John, trusted henchman of Robin Hood" etc.