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SHERWOOD FOREST

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 853 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHERWOOD See also:FOREST , one of the See also:ancient See also:English forests, in See also:Nottinghamshire. It extended from See also:Nottingham northward to See also:Worksop, being over 20 M. See also:long and from 5 to 9 M. broad. The See also:soil is sandy and poor, and although a considerable portion has been brought under cultivation, the See also:district preserves many traces of its ancient See also:character, especially as a See also:great See also:part of it is covered by the domains included under the See also:modern name of the See also:Dukeries (q.v.), Sherwood was a See also:crown forest from the See also:time of See also:Henry II. and a favourite See also:hunting-ground of several See also:kings; the See also:land was divided between various lords of the See also:manor, and its disafforestation was carried out at various times. The forest is traditionally noted as the See also:retreat of See also:Robin See also:Hood, whose See also:cave is seen at Papplewick near Newstead.

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