The Outlaw Robin Hood: His Yorkshire Legend

The outlaw Robin Hood is usually associated with Sherwood Forest and Nottingham, but research has shown that many of his adventures took place in the neighbouring county of Yorkshire. One of the most important, yet least known connections with Yorkshire is the grave of Robin Hood, situated in the woods of Kirklees on the outskirts of Huddersfield. In the nearby ruined priory gatehouse Robin Hood was gruesomely murdered by his kinswoman, the prioress. This and many other exciting discoveries along with previously unpublished documents are revealed in this book by the founder member of the Yorkshire Robin Hood Society, Barbara Green. England's legendary hero emerges in a fresh light, undistorted by myth and tradition, yet it is true to say that in the final analysis, truth is stranger than fiction.