Editing Robin Hood (section)

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[[File:2018-06-07 02 Sycamore Gap Tree (Acer pseudoplatanus), next to Hadrian’s Wall UK.jpg|thumb|The [[Robin Hood Tree]], also known as ''Sycamore Gap Tree'', near [[Hadrian's Wall]] at Haltwhistle, England. This location was used in the 1991 film ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''.]]

The Sheriff of Nottingham also had jurisdiction in Derbyshire that was known as the "Shire of the Deer", and this is where the Royal Forest of the Peak is found, which roughly corresponds to today's [[Peak District]] National Park. The Royal Forest included [[Bakewell]], [[Tideswell]], [[Castleton, Derbyshire|Castleton]], [[Ladybower]] and the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent Valley]] near Loxley. The Sheriff of Nottingham possessed property near Loxley, among other places both far and wide including [[Hazlebadge Hall]], [[Peveril Castle]] and [[Haddon Hall]]. [[Mercia]], to which Nottingham belonged, came to within three miles of [[Sheffield City Centre]]. But before the Law of the Normans was the Law of the Danes, The Danelaw had a similar boundary to that of Mercia but had a population of ''Free Peasantry'' that were known to have resisted the Norman occupation. Many outlaws could have been created by the refusal to recognise Norman Forest Law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/piro.co.uk/docs/according_to_ancient_custom_-_thynghowe?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222 |title=According to Ancient Custom: Research on the possible Origins and Purpose of Thynghowe Sherwood Forest |publisher=Issuu.com |date=9 March 2012 |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref> The supposed grave of Little John can be found in [[Hathersage]], also in the Peak District.

Further indications of the legend's connection with West Yorkshire (and particularly Calderdale) are noted in the fact that there are pubs called the Robin Hood in both nearby [[Brighouse]] and at [[Cragg Vale]]; higher up in the Pennines beyond [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], where Robin Hood Rocks can also be found. Robin Hood Hill is near [[Outwood, West Yorkshire]], not far from [[Lofthouse, West Yorkshire|Lofthouse]]. There is a village in West Yorkshire called [[Robin Hood, West Yorkshire|Robin Hood]], on the [[A61 road|A61]] between [[Leeds]] and [[Wakefield]] and close to [[Rothwell, West Yorkshire|Rothwell]] and Lofthouse. Considering these references to Robin Hood, it is not surprising that the people of both South and West Yorkshire lay some claim to Robin Hood, who, if he existed, could easily have roamed between Nottingham, [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Doncaster]] and right into West Yorkshire.

A [[British Army]] [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial]] (reserves) battalion formed in Nottingham in 1859 was known as [[The Robin Hood Battalion]] through various reorganisations until the "Robin Hood" name finally disappeared in 1992. With the 1881 [[Childers Reforms]] that linked regular and reserve units into regimental families, the Robin Hood Battalion became part of [[The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)]].

A [[Neolithic]] [[causewayed enclosure]] on [[Salisbury Plain]] has acquired the name [[Robin Hood's Ball]], although had Robin Hood existed it is doubtful that he would have travelled so far south.