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Sherwood Forest by Andrew Nicholson

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A list of books and articles on aspects of Sherwood Forest's history is available on the Nottinghamshire Bibliography Online.

A selection of key books and articles extracted from the Nottinghamshire Bibliography follows.

Primary sources

Boulton, H. E. (ed). 'Sherwood Forest Book', Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXIII (1964).
Rooke, H. `Roman Remains in Sherwood Forest', Archaeologia, 10 (1792), 378-385, ill. Ramsdale Park.
Rooke, H. A Sketch of the Ancient and Present State of Sherwood Forest, in the County of Nottingham. [Mansfield Woodhouse, privately published], 1799. 30 p., ill. Repr.
Ogle, J. J. 'Ancient Tree-Markings in Sherwood Forest', in Briscoe, J. P., ed., Old Nottinghamshire, 2 (Hamilton, Adams, 1884), [118]-122, ill.
Sissons, F. Sissons's "Beauties of Sherwood Forest": A Guide to the "Dukeries" and Worksop. 3rd ed., rev. Worksop, Sissons, 1896. 175 p., ill. 1st ed., 1888. 2nd ed. 1888 was a repr.
Wilks, J. H. Trees of the British Isles in History & Legend. Muller, 1972. Sherwood Forest, 166-173.
[White, R.] Nottinghamshire. Worksop, "The Dukery," and Sherwood Forest. [large paper ed.] Worksop, White, 1875. 348 p., ill. Contains (not in small paper ed.) 'On the Descent of All the Nottinghamshire Dukeries …' and a Pedigree
White, R., ed. The Dukery Records, Being Notes and Memoranda Illustrative of Nottinghamshire Ancient History Collected During Many Years. Worksop, privately published, 1904. 452 p., ill.

Sherwood Forest

Boulton, H. E. The Forest Books of the Royal Forest of Sherwood. M.A., Nottingham, 1959. 2 v., ill., bibl.
Bradbury, D. J. Secrets of Sherwood: Being a Collection of Trivia and Curiosities from the Robin Hood Country in Central Nottinghamshire. Mansfield, Wheel, 1987. 48p., ill.
Butler, L. I. 'Sherwood Forest', TTS, 50 (1946), 36-51, ill. [available online at: www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1946/sherwood1.htm]
Chambers, J. D. 'The Problem of Sherwood Forest', Agriculture, 62 (1955), 177-189, ill.
Cox, J. C. 'The Forest of Sherwood', in Guildford, E. L., ed., Memorials of Old Nottinghamshire (George Allen, 1912), 106-123, ill.
Cox, J. C. The Royal Forests of England (Antiquary's Books). Methuen, 1905. 'Sherwood Forest', 204-222, ill.
Crook, D. 'The Early Keepers of Sherwood Forest', TTS, 84 (1980), 14-20.
Crook, D. 'The Struggle Over Forest Boundaries in Nottinghamshire, 1218-1227', TTS, 83 (1979), [35]-45, ill.
Crowe, P. At Home in Sherwood: Villages and Great Houses in the Forest Today. [West Bridgford], Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust, [1972]. [49] p., ill.
Dace, J. 'The Survival of Sherwood Forest', Country Life, 147 (1970), 44-45, ill.
English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive. Ingram, Cooke, 1853. 'Sherwood Forest', 224-242, ill.
Exchequer. The Sherwood Forest Book. Ed. by H. E. Boulton (Thoroton Soc., RS, 23). Nottingham, 1965. 212 p., ill.
Fowkes, D. V. 'The Breck System of Sherwood Forest', TTS, 81 (1977), [55]-61, ill.
Gillott, S. 'The Royal Forest of Sherwood in the Seventeenth Century', in Mastoris, S. N. and Groves, S. M., eds., History in the Making, 1985 (Nottingham Museums, 1986), 9-14.
Hall, S. T. 'The Land of Robin Hood', in [White, R.], Nottinghamshire. Worksop, "The Dukery," and Sherwood Forest [Large paper ed.] (Worksop, White, 1875), [219]-238, ill. [Small paper ed.], [209]-228.
Hinde, T. Forests of Britain. Gollancz, 1985. 'Sherwood', 218-235, ill.
A History of the Sherwood Oaks. [Mansfield, Linney, 1966?]. 36 p., ill.
[Howitt, W.] A Day and a Night in Sherwood Forest, Near Mansfield. Mansfield, Waller, [18--?]. 14p., ill. More Notable Trees', J. of Forestry and Estate Management, 5 (1881), [385]-399, [457]-472, ill.
Nottinghamshire Record Office. Exhibition: Records of the Forest of Sherwood ... 4th to 23rd January, 1965. [Nottingham, 1965]. 8 p.
Redfern, R. A. 'The Greatest Giants of Sherwood', Country Life, 155 (1974), 84-85, ill.
Rodgers, J. The Scenery of Sherwood Forest, With an Account of Some Eminent People Once Resident There. [2nd ed.] Unwin, 1908. 445 p., ill. Repr. by Nottinghamshire County Council Leisure Services, West Bridgford, 1994. 1st ed., as The Scenery of Sherwood Forest only. Worksop, White, 1898. [available online at: www.nottshistory.org.uk/rodgers1908/contents.htm]
[Rodgers, J.] 'The Greendale Oak. From Rodgers' "Scenery of Sherwood Forest"', White & Co.'s Worksop Almanack, (1909), 127-132, ill. Text is that of 1898 ed. of Scenery (item 2032) (not the re-written 1908 version), with some additional material. Ill. not those of either ed.
Seddon, P. R. 'The Application of Forest Law in Sherwood Forest, c.1630-1680', TTS, 82 (1978), [37]-44.
'Sherwood Country Park', Heritage: The Nottinghamshire Countryside Newsletter. (Summer 1973), [6]-[10], ill.
'Sherwood Forest', NC (in NT) (Oct 1971), [11]-[13], ill.
Stacye, J. 'The Ancient History of Sherwood Forest', in [White, R.]. Nottinghamshire. Worksop, "The Dukery" and Sherwood Forest [Large paper ed.] (Worksop, White, 1875), [183]-218, ill. [Small paper ed.], [173]-208. [Available online at: www.nottshistory.org.uk/white1875/sherwood_p1.htm]
Stapleton, A. The Last Perambulation of Sherwood Forest, (A.D. 1662.) With Notices of Other Known Examples. Reprinted from the Newark Advertiser, January 4th & 11th, 1893. [n.p.], privately published, [1893]. 18 p. [Available online at: www.nottshistory.org.uk/monographs/sherwoodforest1893/sherwoodforest1.htm]
Stapleton, A. Notts. Occasional Papers. [Nottingham, privately published], 1911. 'Ben Jonson and Sherwood Forest', 23-29.
Stapleton, A. Notts. Occasional Papers. [Nottingham, privately published], 1911. 'A Commonwealth Forest Book', 31-35.
Stapleton, A. Notts. Occasional Papers. [Nottingham, privately published] 1911. 'Washington Irving and Sherwood Forest', 115-121.
Stevenson, W. H. 'The Early Boundaries of Sherwood Forest' in White, R., ed., The Dukery Records (Worksop, privately published, 1904), 396-400.
Turner, G. J. ed. Select Pleas of the Forest (Publications of the Selden Soc., 13, 1899). Nt eyres, 1287 and 1334, pp. 61-69; Nottingham perambulation, 1300, pp. 118-119. [available online at: www.archive.org/details/selectpleasoffor00grearich]