Robin Hood of Wakefield, West Yorkshire

The Reverend Joseph Hunter in his book The Great Hero of Minstrelsy of England, Robin Hood, published in 1852, was the first to suggest Robin Hood’s Yorkshire origin.

In the ballad, the Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode, he read of an area called the Sayles which still exists today in the village of Wentbridge, just outside Wakefield. The Great North Road, known in the Geste as Watling Street, passed through this wooded valley which is today spanned by the AI flyover. Furthermore, Hunter pointed out, a Robert Hood and his wife Matilda were mentioned in the medieval Wakefield court rolls, and just outside the town the great forest of Barnsdale stretched down as far as the royal hunting park of Sherwood.

The Wakefield historians Jean Forrester and Harold Speake also did important research into the Wakefield Robin Hood connections but sadly it seems that they, along with Hunter and JW Walker, have been forgotten.

 

A Kirklees Vampire Strikes Back! With #Blackmail and #Stalker traits.

The "Kirklees Vampire Appreciation Society" - Intimidation and Stalker Patterns

It seems "Anthony Hogg", author of the failed blogs "Diary of an Amateur Vampirologist" and "Demon Fly On The Wall" (both unranked and unlisted in the search engines!), is obsessed with the members of the Yorkshire Robin Hood Society, and is using intimidation from his page facebook fanpage Kirklees Vampire Appreciation Society which is full of nothing but hatred for the Robin Hood group!

Quotes from their facebook page:

Catherine Fearnley, of the Yorkshire Robin Hood Society, is apparently responsible for the closure of a Facebook group dedicated to preserving Robin Hood's Grave. What makes this counter-productive act even more risible, is that she's frequently abusive, herself, as a visit to the YRHS page will confirm.

 

A visit to your fanpage, Anthony, or your blog, is worse that sticking ones head down the toilet; your site is filled with nothing but dertitus about how terrible the YHRS is, and now your recent blog posts show that you have an unnatural interest - what is your hidden agenda?

You appear to have an unnatural and unhealthy obsession with certain individuals.

 

The Dying Swan And The Toilet Duck

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The vampire and Della are getting ready for a night out. They are going to a private art exhibition.They have been married now,for nearly a year,and already its beginning to get on Dellas[Gareth in ...
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Please be careful, this is a dangerous person!

 

The Haunting of Robin Hoods Grave at Kirklees Priory

The Haunting Of Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory

There was more than an insularity which set the mansion apart. There was a mystery about it which local people only reluctantly tried to penetrate. The mystery was helped physically by the thick shroud of trees that surrounded the place...

This would appear to be the first reported mention of ghostly activity around Robin Hood’s Grave...

Robin Hoods Final Resting Place in Yorkshire

The priory at Kirklees Hall was the final resting place of Robin Hood, the folk hero who died in mysterious circumstances during the reign of King Henry VIII.