Royal forest
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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
The royal forest of Exmoor in Devon. Royal forests do not necessarily include woodland.
Medieval forest scene, from the Livre de chasse (1387)
The Long Walk to Windsor Castle, Windsor Forest
Sherwood Forest
New Forest
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The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a ro
Royal forest
…of Essex was afforested. On accession Henry II declared all of Huntingdonshire to be a royal forest. Afforestation, in particular the creation of the New Forest, figured large in the folk history of the "Norman yoke", which magnified what was already a grave social ill: The picture of prosperous settlements…
Beech trees in Mallard Wood, part of the New Forest
Beaulieu Mill Pond
Royal Forests, 1327–1336
Death of William Rufus