Sherwood Street

Sherwood Street was named after the famous Sherwood Forest. This forest is often mentioned, and even visited during the story of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.

Ivanhoe is one of the many stories that features the famous Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, but this story is even an origin story to the nickname. Most of the novel, Robin Hood refers to himself by his original name, Robin of Locksley.

When the Black Knight travels and visits Friar Tuck's Chapel, he is actually traveling through Sherwood Forest.

Sherwood Street runs right though the middle of town. In the novel, the forest lies between a lot of the estates. This idea creates a literary connection between Sherwood Street in Ivanhoe, MN and Sherwood Forest in the novel.

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