It's Looking A Bit Black Over Bill's Mother's

It's Looking A Bit Black Over Bill's Mother's

Common Lore

The Wadsley & Loxley Commoners are celebrating their 30th anniversary this Saturday. But what does the future hold for the playground of Robin Hood?

Jun 27, 2023
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Oak tree and new woodland on Wadsley Common

It’s a land of legend and mystery. The story goes that Robin Hood, a.k.a. Robin of Loxley, was born a few hundred yards south of Loxley Common, and played there as a boy. The marks of his first arrows are still to be found on the common’s oldest trees, no doubt. (That’s how stories go up there. It’s quite easy …

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