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Tag Archives: Robin Hood
The Legend of Jack O’ Legs – Hertfordshire’s answer to Robin Hood!
We all know the story of Robin Hood, Little John and the others in Sherwood Forest but where I live we have a similarly motivated though perhaps less successful and well-know figure and his name is Jack O’Legs who also stole … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, Popular Culture
Tagged Baldock, church, County of Hertfordshire, Giant, Jack O'Legs, King Arthur, Legends, Robin Hood, Weston
4 Comments
The underground city beneath Nottingham
Many people know of the city of Nottingham for its folklore of Robin Hood, Little John and the rest of the Merry Men who lived in Sherwood Forest stealing from the rich to give to the poor whilst evading the … Continue reading
The life and grave of Little John of Robin Hood fame.
In the ancient ballads of Robin Hood, Little John is traditionally, second in command of Robin Hood’s legendary Merry Men. Little John appears in the very earliest of the surviving Robin Hood tales including the work of Andrew of Wyntoun … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Movies and Films, Popular Culture, television
Tagged Derbyshire, Folklore, Hathersage, Little John, Little John grave, Robin Hood, Robin of Sherwood, Sherwood Forest
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I met perhaps the most famous tree in the world at Sycamore Gap
If you think of how many trees are famous; there are quite a few of them but compared to the countless billions of trees on the planet they are really few and far between. Some famous trees are no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Britannia, history, Movies and Films, Northumberland and Durham, Travel
Tagged charity, Hadrians Wall, Northumberland, outdoors, Robin Hood, Romans, Sycamore Gap
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A field of dreams and memories
Yesterday on my way to collect a customer for a half day tour to Woburn Abbey, I found myself with 15 minutes to spare so I took the opportunity to visit my old childhood park, somewhere I had only visited … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life
Tagged British Bulldog, childhood, Family, Football, Jumpers for goalposts, Life, Mama, memories, nostalgia, outdoors, Robin Hood, Robin of Sherwood, walks
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The mysterious Lud Church and the Green Knight
Lud Church isn’t even a church at all but actually a hard to find crevice in the Staffordshire countryside on the south-west fringes of the Peak District. A narrow canyon in the ground over over 100 metres (328.1 ft) long and … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Heritage, history, Religion and Faith
Tagged church, history, King Arthur, Lud's Church, Myths, outdoors, Robin Hood, Sir Gawain, Staffordshire, The Green Chapel, The Green Knight
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