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The prosperity of St. Mary's Priory - founded in 1172 and now known as Newstead Abbey - was based on wool.

The place never enjoyed any wealth as the outlaws here knew exactly when and who to hit to get the money travelling in and out of the Priory.

A new 'Nottingham castle' was planned in 1194 nearby to deal with the robbers in the Leen Valley but not built until 1205 when, instead of stopping the outlaws, it was attacked by them and eventually abandoned.

If Robin Hood ever did meet Richard the Lionheart, it would have been somewhere around here.

Richard I in late March-April 1194 and King John on several occasions between 1199 and 1215 stayed here when out hunting in Sherwood Forest.

Blacke Dickon's tour of Robin Hood's county

Robin Hood expert, Richard Rutherford-Moore in the guise of one of the Sherwood Foresters takes us to Newstead.

Blacke Dickon: "The measure that was taken by the Sheriff of Nottingham to deal with robberies in this vicinity was of such a size to suggest we are talking about an army of outlaws."