A Brief History of Sherwood Forest

[@HistoryTime]

- Watch my latest full length history documentary here:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWSrommLlquEp80 I rather enjoyed making this video. It was a real change of pace from the usual long form documentaries I produce. Would you like to see more videos like this one where I visit historical sites? For those hardcore history buffs out there- don't worry. These ‘History Time Live’ videos won't detract from the usual long form documentaries I produce. Those guys take months of research, writing, and editing and rest assured I won't ever stop doing them as long as I can work. I'm off to Denmark tomorrow to go Viking, and finish off a bunch of scripts. The next ten documentaries are going to be the biggest and best I've ever produced. I can't wait to share them with you guys. Don't forget to like and subscribe if you enjoyed the video, and if you really appreciate my work consider becoming a patron of the channel for as little as a dollar a month.

[@runawaysuzie]

I loved this, great video. Would definitely be interested in watching more content like this from you.

[@tomaszprzyby784]

I like the idea of you visiting historical sites, I've been in a few in southern, central and eastern parts of Europe but I've never been in England. UK is a little to expensive for my wallet.

[@valhalla9688]

Great job!

[@StephenMortimer]

I am now AMERICAN .. but from my name you can SMELL Wiltshire/Normans/etc This video is merely GOOD .. you really give no idea of what those forests looked like KZbin logging in Washington State history ... I went Patreon because of the effort and INTENT Do better I support you better

[@craigbenz4835]

Ha. My comment was to be "A nice change of pace" until I read yours. Lets see more of these.

[@hybridphoenix7766]

This was a good change of pace, dude. You should definitely do more stuff like this in the future.

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like it. Thanks very much. More on the way :)

[@FunkyMonkey-ip4xy]

I was born and bred in that area. I used to go mountain biking all around Sherwood Forest, Edwinstowe and Sherwood Pines. This video made me all nostalgic. Cheers mate!

[@HistoryTime]

I was mountain biking the other day in the pines. Fell flat on my face into the muddy track after riding headlong into a tree stump. Great times!

[@FunkyMonkey-ip4xy]

@@HistoryTime That sounds about right! I've had many crashes round there especially on the technical tracks off of the main fire roads. Good times indeed!

[@purpuradraco3747]

When I was a kid you could walk inside the Major Oak and it was all still plain woodland with no man-made paths and such spoiling the look of the place. Necessary precautions but a pity. Wonder what they'll do when the tree finally falls down, especially when they cut down so many oaks everywhere else. We lost dozens near my town (not far from there) in the last decade alone, some because idiots kept wrapping their cars around them, many oaks that were centuries old are just sad stumps now.

[@n1k32h]

Well who ever doesn't remember the big dip is not true edwinstowe

[@boniamin1483]

Hlw, Im from Bangladesh🇧🇩. I have huge interest on Sherwood forest. If you give some videos and photos on the forest i happy on you. Please sacrifice few time for me.

[@Liphted]

I really love your narration and editing.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it!

[@MrTryAnotherOne]

7:36 That tree "saw" William, the Conquerer come to England. Incredible

[@savvageorge]

Not sure if William saw this tree but many other royals probably did visit here. Nottingham was the capital city of England in these days and Sherwood forest was the playground for the rich and wealthy. King Henry II and his sons Richard Lion Heart and King John built a hunting palace in Clipstone only a couple of miles away from the major oak and they regularly used to spend time hunting in Sherwood Forest.

[@Centenkiko]

@@savvageorge He isn't saying that William saw this specific tree, more that this tree was alive around the time of William.

[@HistoryTime]

Is incredible indeed.

[@bikesqump]

Please do not use the "s" word regarding this majestic 🌳!!!

[@EdricoftheWeald]

And the Fortingall Yew remembers both the coming and going of the Romans...

[@micahistory]

Finally, the short video I have been begging for for months

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching! Yes there are going to be some shorter ones alongside the longer ones :)

[@micahistory]

yay!@@HistoryTime

[@pihoihoi]

Loved it! Wish I could give a 100 thumbs up for this one. Liked the way you put the maps in as well.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

[@romelnegut2005]

I love this change of pace. It's something new and refreshing.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much! I loved making it :)

[@romelnegut2005]

@@HistoryTime Anyone would. You went for a walk and made a video about this insteresting place. It's a win win situation.

[@tylerlucero]

What a wonderful video. Please do more like it. Thank you for helping us to connect with our ancient "roots" :)

[@HistoryTime]

More on the way my friend

[@curtmckay8977]

Just came across this wonderful historic story by accident. I love this! Thank you for sharing. Curt. Hillsboro, Texas. 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@domcasmurro2417]

Brilliant concept for a video. It would be great if you could do more of this, travel to the sites where the historical battles took place.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much. Great idea!

[@robertl6196]

Imagining a forest filled with trees like the Major Oak makes you understand the stories of "haunted forests." Awesome video.

[@StefanMilo]

Great idea for a video. Makes me miss Britain. Did you get the front row on a double decker? Lucky bugger!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks mate. I did indeed! The mighty Sherwood Arrow to the metropolis of Ollerton ..

[@Tsukiko.97]

Okay to be honest I have been subsrcied to your channel historytime for a while but I have been inactive recently with your videos. However I now will be glued back to watching this new documentative series. I love the UK culture and history so this is a double win for me!

[@HistoryTime]

I really appreciate that mate. Thanks so much. More on the way :)

[@ChrisWilliamsRMWpigeon]

those oak trees are awesome

[@HistoryTime]

Absolutely. They seem mystical when seen up close.

[@johnkonyn8754]

Yes, I would love to know more about the ‘Bodger’ more specifically. The man or rather vocation that did preserve or rather help along these old forests of the old. Their disappearance has been a fascination of mine now for some time. The woods fell and the bodger went into oblivion. The makes of a truly great bit of history. It is past due time for the return of this man of the woods. Without him, these woods may NEVER return to their once glory. A feat yet not impossible in this day, and one worth the undertaking. Blessings

[@teimuhevonen7957]

For GOD sake, please more content like this. Greetings from Morocco.

[@Greye13]

I really love ancient trees and forests - and history as well. Old history. This is a great video. I would really like to see you go more in depth on Sherwood Forest itself, and maybe some of it's former denizens also. The Druid part is fascinating. Thank you for your work.

[@HistoryTime]

Much more to come on the druids and the Celts! Thanks very much for watching !

[@BritishFreedom]

England has more ancient Oak Trees than the rest of Europe put together, according to a survey done in 2017. WE have around 3,400 compared to Europes 2000, most of which are in Sweden.

[@christosvoskresye]

I hope you are planting more now.

[@chrislong3224]

Do you recon there's some sampling bias though? I know the UK is much better monitored for tree health, age and demography than much of Europe and I've certainly seen more massive trees per hectare in Romania than I have in the UK.

[@BritishFreedom]

@@chrislong3224 When the Normans took over back in 1066, they made many forests private hunting grounds for themselves, saving many of the old trees. Where as in Europe those same trees were logged for all kinds of uses.

[@chrislong3224]

@@BritishFreedom Yea I know about that, I was actually in the Forest of Dean for most of last month (might even be the oldest royal forest in Britain). I happened to be measuring trees for research and came across one oak with 661cm diameter at breast height! That was a 1/3rd bigger than any others I saw there.

[@michielvdvlies3315]

im from the Netherlands Holland comes from Holtland = woodlands but not many trees left here. we used those for the battle at Chatham ;-)

[@chirhoaten3220]

We had a tree like that in our forest here in the netherworld until last year, when it was cut down for no given reason, tears and many curses followed after seeing the king of the woods in pieces on the ground, that awesome being was over 750 years old. May the forces of nature strike on those who were involved in its killing.......................... Love your video, more like it are much appreciated.

[@HistoryTime]

So sad.

[@mertamac8399]

It's great when you go to the places spoken of. It really brings it home. Thank you

[@cmitchellfly]

This video, like all of your videos, was brilliant and entertaining. We are very fortunate to have this resource. Thank you!!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much. Appreciate your kind comment

[@JohnVance]

Yes, more like this! It’s so much better than anything history-related you can find on television these days. I don’t want celebrity hosts and glitzy graphics, I just want calm explanation and informative screen titles. Your videos always deliver.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks John really appreciate the feedback. Good to know I'm going in the right direction!

[@WayneBraack]

Ty! Fan of Robbin Hood, read the tales. Seeing a historical video with ties to classic literature is very cool indeed. Though I do o think a bit more time could have been spent on the forests history detailing what the trees where used for such as ship building etc I was very much entertained so ty.

[@HistoryTime]

I'll delve further into the Robin Hood legend in a dedicated video for sure, and also I'll delve more into the woodland itself.

[@tomcrews1]

That tree is amazing!!!! Hope it stays for another 500 years 😊😊

[@robertrobhog]

Great video keep them coming

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks Robert. Appreciate it

[@hiramlofton9464]

What can I say my friend? The trees, the charming roads and villages? All were memorable views of a place and time long give, but still hanging on to small remnants of itself. It gives you a glimpse of something much greater. Those forests and woods must have been awesome. Watching from the State of Georgia in the US, I get you captured so many things. Being a fan of English literature it reeks of many stories and tales. It also captured the feeling of Tolkien. The adventures written of the great ring quest captured my imagination in 1972. I grew up here in the South playing every sport and game, but my imagination lived in English forest and field. Pathetic isn't it? Thank you for the presentation. May God bless you and yours.

[@karenbartlett1307]

General Lee was of British descent, so was George Washington (a younger son of British nobility, I believe). These are great videos, I hope Pete makes more of them.

[@missyb9438]

That’s Bilsthorpe@ 3:21😉

[@humptysgames9665]

This video was awesome, keep up the good work. The live format is great

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much! I shall have to make more

[@caesaraugustus3749]

You should send this to the local council! Great tourist advertisement for this area and it's something easy to forget if you aren't local to the area.

[@HistoryTime]

A nice idea. Thanks so much for watching !

[@pastore0506]

Very interesting video! I would like to see more of this type. Thanks.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks George. Appreciate it!

[@rush4in]

This was an amazing video I didn't know I wanted to see

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks friend! Appreciate the feedback

[@jackielou68]

These are really interesting. Being in America I can't travel to see everything I'd like to visit in Europe, so more of these videos would be excellent!

[@FluffyNoble]

Nice video , you should do a history on York , I love york , steeped in History , from Neolithic right the way through Roman settlers , Vikings, Saxons, medieval in till present day

[@HistoryTime]

Oh absolutely :) It is one of my favourite places in the UK. Absolutely awash with history.

[@mitchrils]

Wow, absolutely fantastic video. Thank you for all the hard work on this it was an enthralling watch!

[@billvanhorn7877]

Very , very interesting. As an American fascinated by England’s history, I cannot wait to see more videos like this.

[@oriffel]

your narration style really reminds me of book "all the shah's men". Its history. but told as a story with a touch of poetic style. Entertaining and informative.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much friend. Sounds like an interesting book. I shall have to investigate.

[@alexanderdamm870]

This video was awesome! Just reinforces my dream to visit and tour the English countryside!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks Alexander. Do it!

[@richiesantiago6074]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! I LOVED HEARING OF IT'S PAST WHILE SEEING THE PRESENT. BEAUTIFUL

[@HistoryTime]

I shall have to make more! Glad you liked it

[@rocketpoolpki]

fantastic video...really like everything the channel brings..great stuff

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much! More on the way !

[@rowan6541]

I enjoy all your history shows. Looking forward to seeing the next.

[@danilokai1657]

What an excellent video. I really enjoyed it. Thank you! :D

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much! More on the way

[@kimlabuschagne6923]

Beautiful thank you

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much Kim. Appreciate your comment.

[@kyarimaresuki]

I have such amazement seeing the layers of time in the towns and cities and natural places of the world. If you live in a place where such things can be seen, treasure it. I live in Florida in the US and have to make do with a town that has little from over a hundred years ago. Our treasure is our huge oaks, some surviving from well before European colonization. Some are similar to your oaks, only, often with long sprawling limbs that touch the ground! I'd love to see the older trees, and architecture and ancient roads of England. I have very little English but our shared culture makes me feel as if I'm seeing home, seeing imagery such as that shown here. Thank you for sharing your history with us here, especially as many of us are e stuck in our own countries as I write this.

[@BellumCarroll]

I really enjoyed it thank you. Please make more in this style. I live in tasmania, Australia and we have some pretty incredible ancient forests and landscape. But its great to see what it would've been like back in the homeland. And to get some of the myths & back stories. Cheers mate.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much mate. Appreciate you watching. You really do have some incredible forests over there. I was in the Daintree three years ago. Absolutely phenomenal place. Never been anywhere else like it. So ancient.

[@jonathanheussi6332]

Love English history, please make more. Excellent work !!!

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like it! More on the way :)

[@ramona14220]

Great video. Maybe a series on English Civil War battlefields?

[@HistoryTime]

I would absolutely love to. Although it would require a huge amount of research as I am very much a medievalist at the moment. Though the Civil War does fascinate me, and many of the major battles sites are situated very near to where I grew up in Worcestershire. Maybe I will branch out some time

[@THINKincessantly]

Being from the states, Treks in the British countryside are what I myself enjoy most...a fella named Huw in Wales does real good with those type vids...thanks for sharing the unseen countryside with us...

[@tomaszprzyby784]

I would love to see more of History Time Live! I have seen Białowieski park narodowy(Białowieża National Park) and the biggest Polish Oak(Dąb Bartek) i don't remember how big it is of the top of my head but the Sherwood one should be bigger. I don't think that the polish one is naturally grown. It was common practice to plant an oak tree on someone's grave. Dąb Bartek have lot of history to it, kings have rested underneath it or even hid stuff in empty parts. Like I said once before I live close to Vistula so this region of Europe is close to me.

[@HistoryTime]

I am jealous of you for having been to that forest. I will do a trip there one day! Thanks for the input. Sounds like where you lived is a fascinating place

[@michellemurphy658]

Yes please do more.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks friend! Appreciate it

[@markedwards6470]

I would very much like to see more videos such as this one. I enjoyed every moment and will most certainly view again. Encore!

[@jmbreece]

The pace of your narration is relaxing and editing and music perfect. This one is especially historical to me, I am a descendent of the separatists from scrooby that fled to holland and then to America, know here as the pilgrims of plimoth.

[@vidaett]

Loved it. These kinds of old forest really interest me, seems like a place where Old Man Willow could live.

[@HistoryTime]

Absolutely. Oak trees surely were an inspiration for the Ents of Middle Earth.

[@tijencan45]

By far the best history channel..❤❤❤❤

[@Chinggis42]

AWESOME VIDEO DUDE

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much bud!

[@f2ppokebtw854]

Really glad you made this. I come from Retford (the red ford of the River Idle) nearby and it blew my mind when I found out about the origins of Edwinstowe.

[@stardresser1]

EXCELLENT! LOVED it. YES, more please! Thank you so much! A real "brain freshener". Like a mentos for the mind!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much! Really glad you liked it

[@werdw4849]

Great video with a great story and history into the region. Thank you.

[@benjaminmunson8449]

Sometimes I watch your smaller videos and I think that they are longer than they actually are because they are so jam packed with information

[@fload46d]

This is great. Thank you. Have always had an interest in Sherwood Forrest since the TV shows of the fifties.

[@EiChing123]

I really enjoyed this video. It is great to see what the discussed regions currently appear. Thanks for all your hard work!

[@turbo.panther]

I loved this video for its 'then and now', and would love to see more of this type. Thanks for making it.

[@GoldenOwlEvents]

Good video! Thanks so much for showing us this! From an enthusiastic historian in Australia

[@robmitchel5166]

So happy to see a new video! Thank you! Love your channel, it's my favorite KZbin channel.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much Rob. Great to hear you're into the channel! Really appreciate your support.

[@grantrobinson5046]

Thanks for sharing your love of history with us. These videos really do capture my imagination of older eras

[@gzpo]

Nice overlay of times. Enjoyed. See more. Thanks! 😎💖👍

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much!

[@daithimcbuan5235]

I enjoyed this. It's nice to see and learn about specific sites, not just events. I do historical sites in Scandinavia (primarily Norway) on my youtube channel. If you did specific sites like the locations of battles, specific castles etc. that would be cool.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks man! Sounds fascinating. can you link it to me? I am planning to do something like this

[@daithimcbuan5235]

Cool, it'd be great to see, and England has TONNES of places that are steeped in fascinating history! Offa's dike would be an interesting one, if there's anything left of it. My channel is: kzbin.info/door/SnmfEi0Ywtma6FfFAA4_DA I only have 3 videos up so far, but I'm currently working on a longer video on Gamla Uppsala and the royal burial mounds there. I was also in Denmark for a week before Easter and visited many sites associated with the Viking age that I'll also be doing videos on.

[@brodiemarshall729]

This style of location history is amazing and unique, i personally would LOVE to see more - maybe on the city of Oxford. Amazing job

[@joeljodrey5310]

Excellent video! Very much enjoyed the music and subject matter. Thank you 💜👏👌

[@joshadams8761]

Enjoyed the vid. Hypnotic! I was fortunate enough to see the Major Oak in 2000.

[@fionnmoules7620]

Yes this video was great

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks Fionn. Appreciate it!

[@almontepaolilli4909]

Great video. Hope there will be more to come on this subject.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much! More on the way for sure

[@tomtom21194]

This was a really damn interesting video thankyou :D

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much. Really appreciate your feedback

[@Artur_M.]

Love this new format!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks Artur. More on the way for sure! Though the longer ones aren't going anywhere.

[@green9832]

This was brilliant, more when you're ready, please.

[@magnusio]

Great work, great video! I want more of this! :-)

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks!

[@akranov]

Beautiful video, keep more like this coming.

[@callofthedeepofficial]

LOVED this, as a local! Thank you so much!

[@zaka503]

Really enjoyed this ! Like the way you use maps too. I like to see what it is I am learning about. Keep up the good work.

[@Ladybug-uf7uh]

Really like your work - all of it. This upload is particularly interesting. It is unbelievable how hard we work to destroy our forests and trees. As you are going through Edwinstowe I see trees along the road that are just hacked up, as if they are hated. So sad, but so informative. Thank you for your hard work.

[@magnus3716]

Prefer the documentaries. Keep up the good work and thank u!

[@kathleengomez7591]

Very interesting and informative. More, please! Thank you.

[@kathleengomez7591]

PS The maps were extremely useful in helping the viewer better understand the setting and historical events. Well done!

[@thestraightroad305]

I enjoyed very much! Please sir may we have some more?

[@carlogambino2426]

I love this channel. I prepare a fat joint and let the smooth voice take me back to medieval times!

[@jeffphillips3441]

Really enjoyed the scenery. Have you considered spending some more time in the villages and exploring historical sites in them?

[@stephenwill4852]

Yes very interesting more please and many thanks for your excellent vids!!

[@TheAwillz]

That was absolutely fantastic! I’d love to see more like this

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much! More on the way

[@kimcarriveau5407]

I would love to see more of these historical tours/ videos!!!!

[@nottswanderer2366]

Loved this thank you. Grew up in Edwinstowe and still live near by. Interesting facts about the Viking influence, it would be great to tie in something about the Thynghowe trail too if possible. All the best

[@qboxer]

I really enjoyed this video; thanks very much for making it!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching my friend. More on the way

[@cletusvonmeth2961]

Didn't think I would enjoy this, but damm you can make just about anything interesting, keep it up mate

[@tracylynnw]

I just discovered your channel, you’re awesome! 😎

[@Rzarecteh]

I love your videos mate, makes them even better that they are all based in my local area.

[@superhero7464]

Absolutely loved this video. I love all of your videos, but like the top pinned comment, its a nice change of pace. One of, if not my topmost, favorite channel on youtube. You deserve more subscribers and a full production team on "syndicate" tv. Keep it up brother, you are amazing and an inspiration.

[@kevinstewart6771]

I really enjoyed this video, I will see the modern world a little differently now.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much. Really glad you liked it

[@annalisa14]

In love 😍 with Trees. Please do more on Ancient Huge Trees !!!💫🧚🏻

[@CowboyCavalier]

So I just watched this video but I loved it. I would definitely watch more like it

[@epic_mario]

This vid was extremely helpful thx for making it

[@jonjorstad2061]

Love ancient history, particularly English . Good job !

[@Emilie-cd7dh]

I would like more like this :) great job!