[1] It is worthy of note, that of late years the Derbyshire Volunteers have received the marked compliment of being specially noted for their manly bearing and their distinguished appearance by her present Majesty, and by the Commander-in-Chief, H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, on each of the occasions of general review of the Volunteer force in Hyde Park.
[2] Ancestor of the present Earl of Harrington, of Elvaston.
[3] Darwin, the river Derwent.
[4] Sparrow Pit is a small hamlet about two miles from Chapel-en-le-Frith, situated at the "four lane ends," where the Buxton and Castleton and the Chapel-en-le-Frith and Tideswell roads intersect each other.
[5] Paislow Moss, about half way between Sparrow Pit and Sandy Way Head.
[6] Chapel-en-le-Frith is a considerable and important market town, about six miles from Buxton.
[7] Whaley Bridge, near Chapel-en-le-Frith.
[8] Chamber Knoll is about half a mile from Peak-Forest.
[9] For an account of this discovery see "The Reliquary," vol. I., page 129 et seq, where, in a paper entitled "The Ballad Hero, Robin Hood," an excellent resumè of his life is given by Mr. Gutch.
[10] "Locksley in Nottinghamshire." It seems pretty certain that the real birthplace of Robin Hood, although often attributed to Nottinghamshire, was at Loxley Chase, in Yorkshire, not far from Sheffield, and near the borders of Derbyshire.