When were the highwaymen around?

Answer 1

If I'm right, I think they lived in 18th century England!

You're right. Technically, highwaymen are robbers who prey on the travellers of roads, and they can exist in any time or place that roads exist, but the ones in 18th Century England are the most remembered.

Answer 2

Highwaymen were probaly popular in the 19th century. (an approximate guess)

Answer 3

Highwaymen existed in from the 16th century to the 18th century.

Answer 4

Highway men disappeared from English roads when banks where more and more popular because people no longer travelled with lots of money.