Robin Hood's House (Loxley, Sheffield)

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Possible, approximate location of Robin Hood's House.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.

In or just north of the village of Loxley were formerly found remnants of a house or cottage said to have been the birthplace and childhood home of Robin Hood. John Harrison mentioned the house in 1637 (see Evidence below) stating it was located in a field called Little Haggas Croft. Apparently no trace of this building remained in 1819 (see Evidence), but a photograph in a local newspaper in 1937 showed a wooden beam that was purportedly from this house. A location near Normandale House on Rodney Hill in Loxley has been suggested. In all events the site would have been very close to the present Loxley Common, a couple of hundred meters north of Rodney Hill. Here also in all probability were located Robin Hood's Bower and Robin Hood's Moss Template:PnItemQry

Sources

• Addy, Sidney Oldall. 'Robin Hood's Bower in Loxley', Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society, vol. II (1920-24), pp. 201-202.
• Harrison, John. An Exact and Perfect Survey and View of the Manor of Sheffield with Other Lands by John Harrison, 1637, transcr. and ed. James George Ronksley, introd. by R.E. Leader (Sheffield, 1908). Not seen.
• [Holland, John]. The Picture of Sheffield; or an Historical and Descriptive View of the Town of Sheffield, in the County of York (Sheffield, 1824), p. 13.
• [Holland, John.] The Tour of the Don. A Series of Extempore Sketches made during a Pedestrian Ramble along the Banks of that River, and its Principal Tributaries (London and Sheffield, 1837), pp. 176-77.
• Hunter, Joseph. Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York (London, 1819), p. 3.
• Robin Hood Outlaw Legend of Loxley: Robin Hood Home of Loxley.
• Robin Hood Loxley at Robin Hood Outlaw Legend of Loxley.
• Wikipedia: Loxley.

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