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In the earliest medieval ballads of Robin Hood, the ' bold outlaw ' is stated as having made Barnsdale Forest his abode and base of operations ( as an example, see A Gest of Robyn Hode ).

This is in direct contradiction of what many believe-that Robin Hood resided in Sherwood Forest, some fifty miles to the south of Barnsdale, in Nottinghamshire.

Some believe that this is evidence of a historical Robin Hood who was a Yorkshireman.

However it is possible that the two forests were so large that they conjoined together at this period in history ; indeed, the two forests may even have been one great forest in this respect.