• Horewell Forest was a royal forest, i. e. a royal game preserve. In the west, it bordered the river Severn, and Strensham in the south and extended to...
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    areas of its dense forests, such as Feckenham Forest, Horewell Forest and Malvern Chase, were royal hunting grounds subject to forest law. After the Norman...
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    A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood (Latin: silva regis), is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland...
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    wool trade, and many areas of its dense forests, such as Feckenham Forest, Horewell Forest, Ombersley, Wyre Forest and Malvern Chase, were royal hunting...
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    removed from Aston parish. The village is located in the north of the Horewell Forest. As a result of this Charter villagers could hunt and gather wood with...
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    current, village green on Wednesdays. The disafforestation of the Horewell Forest, which formerly covered part of the parish of Fladbury, took place...
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    became Earls of Warwick. Croome D'Abitot was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell. The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the Civil War...
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    constructed in the 14th century. Strensham was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell. The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the Civil War...
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    parish had a population of 169. Hill Croome was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell. A heritable messuage of land and a close in the hamlet of Baughton...
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    of Pershore and Upton-upon-Severn. It was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell. The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the Civil War...
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