Nottinghamshire Folk Tales

Nottinghamshire Folk Tales gathers traditional stories linked with Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood, outlaws and the Sheriff of Nottingham, while looking beyond the county’s most familiar legends. Pete Castle also includes the Men of Gotham, tales of Goose Fair, and stories connected with Nottingham fighters and working children.

The collection ranges from fairy tales, witches and vampires to ghosts, noble families, thwarted lovers, jokes, tall tales and retellings of historical events. Some accounts concern figures who may have existed, while others belong firmly to local legend. Castle presents them as stories shaped by oral tradition, gossip and repeated telling, offering a lively portrait of how Nottinghamshire’s people and places have been remembered.