robin hoods tree Traditional Cache
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In the 12th century in Todwick, an ancient oak known as the Trysting Tree blew down in a gale. This tree was connected to the legend of Robin Hood (mentioned in Sir Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoe'). The Duke of Leeds decided to replace the tree, to mark the turn of the century and to celebrate the birth of his son, the Marquis of Carmarthen, and on the 3/10/1901 he planted a sapling grown from an acorn which had fallen from the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest. And there it stood, at the edge of
Bluebell Wood at Kiveton Hall Farm, until 1973 when the council decided to cut down the tree whilst widening the road nearby. Then, a Mr Bishop, who was at that time tenant of Kiveton Hall Farm, planted a third oak complete with iron fence to protect the young sapling; the Trysting Tree was back again. A stone post with a brass plaque ercted nearby, the occasion being commemorated the Lord Lieutenant, and the legend was back also. On the 18/5/1974 the folk club held a trysting fair with music and dance.
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