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Sherwood Forest's Ancient Highway

Pilgrims and Prophets

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Explore Sherwood Forest's ancient highway - The King's Road, the beautiful and historic King's Ford and find out if Robin Hood is resident at his Cave......with historian Adrian Gray.

Adrian Gray:
Adrian Gray is an historian and author. He also works as a tour guide.

Publications:
From Here We Changed The World, by Adrian Gray
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Here-Changed...

Restless Souls Pilgrim Roots, By Adrian Gray
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Restless-Sou...

People & Places of Bassetlaw, North Nottinghamshire.
https://bookwormretford.co.uk/product...

Tours:
Pilgrims and Prophets Christian Heritage Tours offer local history and Christian heritage tours for Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
https://www.pilgrimsandprophets.co.uk/

Music used in the video:
Take Your Time Dan Lebowitz
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Images used in the video:
Royal Forests Map / By I. G. Simmons & #039 / CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

King John Hunting / The British Library / Released into Public Domain
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/po...

Medieval Hunting / By Unknown author / Bayeux Tapestry, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

King Henry II / By / Public Domain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I...

King Henry 111 / By Cassell's History of England / Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Forest Charter 1225 / The British Library / Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Hart Hunt / Livre De Chasse / Public Domain
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Notts District Boundaries / Nottinghamshire District Council / Public Domain
https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/me...

Ye Old Trip To Jerusalem / By Immanuel Giel / CC BY-SA 4.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde...

Ye Olde Trip Interior / By Brokkie / CC BY-SA 4.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde...

Rock Hill Mansfield 1905 / By Arthur Hudson / Public Domain
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/l...

Robin Hood & Guy Of Gislane / By Thomas Bewick / Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Robin Hood / By Louis Rhead / Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

17 Comments

@KevinTims 5 years ago

Very interesting 😀 loved this. Thank u

@MassiveChetBakerFan 4 years ago

Very interesting. Thank you!

@Nick5554-h8g 4 years ago

great video mate, very informative

@toddcott9510 1 year ago

Wonderful stuff. Many thanks.

@jimhinchliff 5 years ago

Nice to see my grandmother Jessy Hudson and her brothers Jack and Vaughn make an appearance in the video, outside the rock houses in Mansfield.

@darrenpickering247 4 years ago

fantastic video

@rickberry1836 5 years ago

Very interesting Adrian thank you.

@fionadowson4550 4 years ago

Thank you for this. There really is nothing like walking in the footsteps of our ancestors. I have long been fascinated by the old Robin Hood ballads. If you'd like to chat about them visit the Robin Hood's Merry Men Facebook group. Maybe I'll meet Adrian at a storytelling event in Sherwood Forest!

@Tinsel-x3w 5 years ago (edited)

Thanks Adrian for bring back such lovely memories-we did the same walk way back in 1990. Historians are always used too being up to there knees in mud. ! Glad you didn`t fall in the river. ! lol.

@garywood5162 5 years ago

Another excellent video Adrian - right up my street ! - Thanks very much

@PennyDouglas-yb7tg 2 years ago

Conjure alders woods Bridge kings highway under water for years now.but manage to wade through it with push bike today about worse 3 1/2 foot most of way leading towards robins hood caves.wet through but engoyed and had a beer at the caves..nice un the end.both rivers need dredging dredging asap.to the west of both rivers joining.bout time environmental people spent some money down there.cos nobody can get through bikers walkers or horse riding😢 ta

@StevePikePhoto 5 years ago

Fascinating and as a local photographer you've inspired me to widen my area even farther North - Sub +1

@judithmatthews8460 5 years ago

I’ve lived in this area for many years. Now overseas. I must have driven past the bridle path sign many many times. Certainly made me want to check mit out when I return to see family. Covid free days coming hopefully.

@AshleyIrons 5 years ago

Have you ever been to Luds Church in Staffordshire? Amazing place. Also good and not too far away is Rowtor Rocks in Derbyshire. Lot of history and legends about both those places.

@anvilbrunner.2013 1 year ago

You could do with a drone.

@neiljessop3510 5 years ago

I always wondered why the Norman invaders would bother to build a castle/fortification at Bothamsall. Now it's clear. It was to control the very important river crossing and route used North and South along the Kings Road. Thanks for the history lesson and I'm looking at all the other ancient ways connecting the route. Like Crookford Waters.

@nrmjessop1257 4 years ago

Adrian, a question for you. Is the route to the north from Bothamsall of the Kings Road known ? Did it run to Blythe, Tickhill via Bawtry to get to Doncaster ?