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Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire: The story of Robin Hood’s woods

The ancient hunting grounds of William the Conqueror are famed across the world as the hiding place of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood.

One cannot overestimate the importance of hunting to some of England’s monarchs over the last millennium — and how their passion shaped the country even as we know it today. Henry VIII’s obsession shaped London’s parks, for example, but even more impactful was William the Conqueror, who set immense tracts of England aside as…

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