‘Robin Hood was Welsh, had no Nottingham link’

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‘Robin Hood was Welsh, had no Nottingham link’



Robin Hood was a Welsh freedom fighter who never went to Nottingham, let alone Sherwood Forest, a historian has claimed.
He never met Maid Marian nor the sheriff of Nottingham, according to Stephen Lawhead. The American blows apart the widely accepted version of the legend in his new book, Hood, arguing that Robin Hood was really a hardened guerrilla based in the valleys.
But tourism chiefs in Nottingham have rubbished the theory, warning: “Hands off our Robin!” Lawhead believes the hero and his men would have carried out their thieving in the Marsh, a primeval forest in Wales in the 11th century, more than a hundred years before the English Robin Hood.
He claims Robin would not have been able to hide out in Sherwood forest because it would have been too small.Lawhead said: “Several small but telling clues locate the legend of Robin Hood in Wales. A Welsh location is also suggested by its nature and landscape. Every Welshman was ready for battle at a moment’s notice.
Stephen Richeux, from Nottingham City Council,said:“We laugh at this suggestion. We imagine this author is trying to make a name for himself with the outrageous suggestion that Wales is the home of our beloved Robin Hood.” DAILY MAIL, LONDON”