toftholders still have grazing rights. The village is associated with Robin Hood. An historian has claimed Robin Hood was a pseudonym by which the ancient Lords of Wellow were once known. References External links http://www.britannia.com/tours/rhood/wellow.html Thorotons History of Nottinghamshire volume 3by John Throsby 1796 P.199-203 'Welley, Grymston', http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76963 Newark and Sherwood Villages in Nottinghamshire