Horewell Forest was a
royal forest
A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood (), is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The term ''forest'' in the ordinary modern understanding refers to an area of wooded land; however, the ...
, i. e. a royal game preserve.
[Grant, p. 227.] In the west, it bordered the river Severn, and
Strensham in the south and extended to Pershore.
Parts of it ceased to belong to the royal forest in 1229.
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Inclusions
As part of the Mid-Worcestershire Forest, the woodlands known as Horewell Wood still included Strensham Wood, Hill Wood, Earl's Croome, Hill Croome
Hill Croome is a village, and a civil parish which covers 1000 acres, in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. Historically a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, according to the 2001 censu ...
, Croome D'Abitot, Bucknell Wood, Sapyes Wood, Besford and Defford Woods, and Severn Stoke in the 15th century.[County History] At that time, it belonged to the Abbot of Westminster, who granted it in 1542 to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.[J. J. Day, see section 2.1.2 "The Forest of Horewell".]
Notes
References
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*"Parishes: Pershore, St Andrew with Defford and Wick", in ''A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 4'', edited by William Page and J. W. Willis-Bund (London, 1924), pp. 163–177
Accessed 30 August 2015
J. J. Day, ''Worcestershire Record'', Issue 10, April 2001].
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English royal forests
Forests and woodlands of Worcestershire
History of Worcestershire