astrols   10 #37 Posted February 26, 2015 Google robinhood-loxley.weebly.com  Also http://www.robinhoodloxley.net/default.htm  They make a convincing case!  Still suggest you read this before you dismiss the idea altogther. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
davebrmm   10 #38 Posted February 26, 2015 Just to add to the confusion. How come Doncaster Airport was named Robin Hood Airport. Strange Methinks! Happy Days! PopT  because the red nutters on Sheffield council gave away ours Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #39 Posted February 27, 2015 because the red nutters on Sheffield council gave away ours  Oh no they didn't !!! Don't tell biased porky's, they sold it for a pound...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Native lad   10 #40 Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) Google robinhood-loxley.weebly.com  Also http://www.robinhoodloxley.net/default.htm  They make a convincing case!  Somewhere between a rock and a hard place in Loxley valley, I believe.  "A pardon discovered by David Pilling and Rob Lynley identified Robin Hood as Robert Dore of Wadsley. His pardon reads "Robert Dore of Wadsley, otherwise known as Robert Hode (Hood) given the King's pardon on 22 May 1382." (Roll of King's Pardons 4-5 Richard II 1382.) The knightly Wadsley family were the lords of the manor, they hunted deer on Loxley Chase and fletchers (arrow makers) lived on Loxley Common..."  http://robinhood-loxley.weebly.com/index.html Edited March 22, 2015 by Native lad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #41 Posted March 23, 2015 Makes a mess of the King Richard 1157 - 1199 and king John 1167 - 1216 bit dun it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...