A tradition dating back at least to the end of the 16th century gives his birthplace as Loxley, Sheffield in South Yorkshire, while the site of Robin Hood's Well in Skellow, South Yorkshire, has been associated with Robin Hood since at least 1422.

* Robin Hood ( a. k. a., Robin Longstride, Robin of Loxley or Locksley )

He also appeared in Martin Scorsese's 2010 film adaptation of Shutter Island and Ridley Scott's 2010 adaption of Robin Hood, playing Robin's blind stepfather, Sir Walter Loxley.

Michael Praed played Robin of Loxley in the first two seasons.

At the end of the second season, Robin of Loxley is killed and Robert of Huntingdon ( played by Jason Connery ) replaces him as Robin Hood.

* Robin of Loxley ( Michael Praed ) Born the son of Anglo-Saxon nobleman Ailric of Loxley, who died in a rebellion, he is raised by the local miller.

born Michael David Prince, 1 April 1960 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire ) is a British actor, is probably best known for his role as Robin of Loxley ( Robin Hood ) in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide in the 1980s.

A 1637 survey by John Harrison of the estates in or near Sheffield belonging to the Earl of Arundel states that a place called little Haggas croft in Loxley Firth contained ' the foundacion of a house or cottage where Robin Hood was born '.

Antiquarian Joseph Hunter — writing in 1819 — reaffirmed this local tradition, stating that Loxley Chase has ' the fairest pretensions to be the Locksley of our old ballads, where was born that redoubtable hero Robin Hood.

' In many legends Robin Hood is said to have been a displaced son of the lord of Hallamshire, who at this period in history resided at his manor at Loxley.

One claimant to Robin Hood " of Locksley " is the village of Loxley, only eight miles over the moors on the edge of Sheffield.

In it, Robin of Loxley is called by Herne to take on the mantle of " the Hooded Man ", which Robin's father had predicted beforehand.

It is Herne who encourages Loxley to become ' Robin i ' the Hood ' and to use his band of outlaws to fight for good against the evil Norman oppressors.

Robin Hood, or Robin of Loxley ( Cary Elwes ), is captured during the Crusades and is imprisoned at Khalil Prison in Jerusalem.

* Loxley, South Yorkshire, formerly a village, now a suburb on the western outskirts of Sheffield ; traditionally the birthplace of Robin Hood

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In popular culture, Robin Hood and his band of " merry men " are usually portrayed as living in Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire, where much of the action in the early ballads takes place.

This was in fact true of the historical outlaw of Sherwood Forest Roger Godberd, whose points of similarity to the Robin Hood of the ballads have often been noted.

: Around this time, according to popular opinion, a certain outlaw named Robin Hood, with his accomplices, infested Sherwood and other law-abiding areas of England with continuous robberies.

Since the 1980s, it has become commonplace to include a Saracen among the Merry Men, a trend which began with the character Nasir in the Robin of Sherwood television series.

In modern versions of the legend, Robin Hood is said to have taken up residence in the verdant Sherwood Forest in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Specific sites linked to Robin Hood include the Major Oak tree, claimed to have been used by him as a hideout, Robin Hood's Well, located near Newstead Abbey ( within the boundaries of Sherwood Forest ), and the Church of St. Mary in the village of Edwinstowe, where Robin and Maid Marian are historically thought to have wed. To reinforce this belief, the University of Nottingham in 2010 has begun the Nottingham Caves Survey with the goal " to increase the tourist potential of these sites ".

While the Sheriff of Nottingham and the town itself appear in early ballads, and Sherwood is specifically mentioned in the early ballad Robin Hood and the Monk, certain of the original ballads ( even those with Nottingham references ) locate Robin on occasion in Barnsdale ( the area between Pontefract and Doncaster ), approximately fifty miles north of Nottingham, in the county of Yorkshire ; furthermore, it has been suggested that the ballads placed in this area are far more geographically specific and accurate.

With the 1881 Childers reforms that linked regular and reserve units into regimental families, the Robin Hood Battalion became part of The Sherwood Foresters ( Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment ).

* Home of the World Wide Robin Hood Society in Sherwood, Nottingham, England

* Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood, contains ballads, information on the development of the legend, and interviews with scholars and authors.

Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood.

Sherwood Forest is home to the famous Major Oak, which, according to local folklore, was Robin Hood's principal hideout.

The cave was also used in the filming of the British series " Blake's 7 " ( 1978 ) and " Robin of Sherwood " ( 1983 ).

His lands and title now forfeit, Robin takes refuge in Sherwood Forest with his friend Will Scarlet.

One day, Robin and his men capture a large party of Normans transporting taxes through Sherwood.

Richard and his escort travel to Sherwood Forest to find Robin.

Bidwell Park in Chico stood in for Sherwood Forest, although one major scene was filmed at the locations " Lake Sherwood " and " Sherwood Forest ," so named because they were the location sites for the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks production of Robin Hood.

* In another Robin Hood movie, Bandit of Sherwood Forest ( 1946 ), as the regent William of Pembroke, played by Henry Daniell, an entirely fictitious characterisation as a scheming villain who kidnaps young Henry III and revokes the Magna Carta.

In 1842 President John Tyler bought " Walnut Grove " from Collier Minge, his cousin and a local planter, and renamed the plantation " Sherwood Forest ," as he likened himself to the story of Robin Hood regarding the Whig party.

* 1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer

( C ) 1983 Acorn Computers Ltd. Thanks are due to the following contributors to the development of the Electron ( among others too numerous to mention ):- Bob Austin, Astec, Harry Barman, Paul Bond, Allen Boothroyd, Ben Bridgewater, Cambridge, John Cox, Chris Curry, 6502 designers, Jeremy Dion, Tim Dobson, Joe Dunn, Ferranti, Steve Furber, David Gale, Andrew Gordon, Martyn Gilbert, Lawrence Hardwick, Hermann Hauser, John Herbert, Hitachi, Andy Hopper, Paul Jephcot, Brian Jones, Chris Jordan, Computer Laboratory, Tony Mann, Peter Miller, Trevor Morris, Steve Parsons, Robin Pain, Glyn Phillips, Brian Robertson, Peter Robinson, David Seal, Kim Spence-Jones, Graham Tebby, Jon Thackray, Topexpress, Chris Turner, Hugo Tyson, John Umney, Alex van Someren, Geoff Vincent, Adrian Warner, Robin Williamson, Roger Wilson.

* In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren of Australia were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of Helicobacter pylori ( 1982 / 1983 ) and its role in peptic ulcer disease.

In February 1988 Robin Ibbs, recruited from ICI in July 1983 to run the Efficiency Unit ( now in No. 10 ), published his report Improving Management in Government: The Next Steps.

* First Contact ( 1983 film ), a 1983 documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson

Following the retirement of Dick Grayson as Robin, a new version of the character, Jason Todd, debuted in Batman # 357 ( 1983 ).

To minimize the change, they made the new Robin, Jason Peter Todd, who first appeared in Batman # 357 ( 1983 ), similar to a young Grayson.

Robert Finlayson Cook ( 28 February 1946 – 6 August 2005 ), known as Robin Cook, was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Livingston from 1983 until his death, and notably served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001.

On the DVD commentary for ITV's Robin of Sherwood television series, which ran from 1983 to 1986, writer and creator Richard Carpenter explains that the stunt co-ordinator, Terry Walsh from the Robin of Sherwood series, was hired on to do stunt work for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

In July 1983, it was reported that competing meditation seminar teacher, Robin Woodsworth Carlsen, had criticized and ridiculed the university in full page ads placed in local newspapers, and had filed an unsuccessful law against the university.

Dunne had been cast as Robin Maxwell in the 1983 miniseries V and had already begun filming a short time before her death.

It was designed by N. Robin Crossby, and it was originally published by Columbia Games in 1983.

* Judy Leak as Robin ( 1983 – 86 )

* Keith Haynes Robin Folland, Tim Horsley, Jonathon Griffiths ( 1978 – 1983 )

P-Orridge began to take an increasing interest in infantilism, founding a fictitious school of art, the L ' ecole de l ' art infantile, whose work culminated in a 1983 event known as the Baby's Coumpetition held at Oxford University's May Festival, which he had co-organised with Robin Klassnik and Opal L. Nations.

***** " Storm Brother " ( with Robin Snyder, in v2 # 161, 1983 )

* Thanks for the Memory — The Songs of Leo Robin ( 1983 )

Robert Arthur " Robin " Riddles, CBE, MIMechE, MinstLE ( 23 May 1892 — 18 June 1983 ) was a British locomotive engineer.