17. Any Historical Robin Hood May Have Been From Yorkshire
Yorkshire borders Nottinghamshire, the site of Sherwood Forest and the domain of the Sheriff of Nottingham. There are some obscure references to locations – possibly because the early writers of the legends were not local to Nottinghamshire or Yorkshire – such as the city of Barnsdale, which is in Yorkshire. Later legends claim that he was born in Loxley, which is in Yorkshire.
