Original sentence: However, the weight of  evidence from the early ballads  show Robin Hood based in the Barnsdale area of what is now South Yorkshire (which borders Nottinghamshire), and other traditions also point to Yorkshire  His birthplace is said to be Loxley in South Yorkshire, while his grave is claimed to be at Kirklees Priory in West Yorkshire.In popular culture Robin Hood and his band are usually seen as living in Sherwood Forest in  Nottinghamshire.Much of the action of the early ballads does take place in Nottinghamshire, and the very earliest known ballad does show the outlaws operating in Sherwood Forest
Edited sentence: Historically, his birthplace is said to be Loxley in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, while his grave and place of death is claimed to be at Kirklees Priory, also in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire.In popular culture Robin Hood and his band's tales are usually associated with the area Sherwood Forest and Nottinghamshire, though most historians point towards him being a Yorkshireman