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The evidence is split - do you think there's a more compelling case for or against?

All five extant medieval Robin Hood "ballads" make it clear that Robin Hood lived in Barnsdale, in West Yorkshire, not in Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest. A tenacious tourism industry throughout the centuries has brought most people's focus to Sherwood.

This is a picture of the modern grave along Nun Bank Lane in West Yorkshire, the road where Robin Hood is said to be buried according to a medieval "ballad."

Currently housed at Cambridge University, the medieval manuscript in modern binding on the right contains the only known extant copy of the "ballad" Robin Hood and the Monk, one of five medieval Robin Hood "ballads" known to have survived. The "ballad" has suffered from significant water damage, and is incomplete. The volumes on the left contain the only known extant copy of the medieval "ballad" Robin Hood and the Potter.

Have-a-go archery next to the Major Oak, May 2nd.

Yew is a natural composite, yew’s sapwood resists tension, while its heartwood is the most resistant to compression of all known timbers. In the medieval period, all the best bows were made from yew. It is, however, difficult and time consuming to work into a bow. Does anyone have a type of wood they think is better for bows?

Here's a link to an article about inter-disciplinary research going on at the University of Nottingham. An Anglo-Saxon medical text is being used to come up with solutions to illnesses we are struggling with today. Modern experiments show that the Anglo-Saxons must have been testing their medicines, and making alterations based on results. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3018184/Medieval-potion-onions-garlic-wine-bile-cow-s-stomach-kill-hospital-superbugs.html

University of Nottingham campus, with the Trent Building in the background.