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'''Neroche Forest''' was a ] in the county of ], England, to the south of ], comprising some 6000-7000 acres.<ref name="Thirsk" /> '''Neroche Forest''' was a ] in the county of ], England, to the south of ], comprising some 6000-7000 acres.<ref name="Thirsk" />


By the time of ] (~1377) the forest had been neglected by the Crown. In 1508 ] leased Exmoor and Neroche Forests to Sir Edmund Carew.<ref name="NPexmoor">{{cite web |title=Exmoor Royal Forest |url=https://www.exmoorher.co.uk/Monument/MEM22088 |website=The Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park |publisher=] |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en-gb}}</ref> In 1627 the forest, along with ], was ] by ], with the intention that the land be improved for agriculture. This was done to raise funds to pay for the ill-fated ].<ref>{{cite web |title=CHARLES I AND THE DISAFFORESTATION OF SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23459/lot/196/charles-i-and-the-disafforestation-of-somerset-and-wiltshire-warrant-signed-charles-r-at-head-to-the-attorney-general-sir-robert-heath-stating-that-he-is-resolved-to-disafforest-our-forests-of-roach-alias-neroach-and-selwood-in-our-counties-of-somersett-and-wiltshire-for-the-improving-of-our-revenue-no-place-or-date-late-1627/ |website=www.bonhams.com |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> By the 1650s the agricultural value of the lands had shown much improvement.<ref name="Thirsk">{{cite book |last1=Thirsk |first1=Joan |last2=Finberg |first2=H. P. R. |title=The Agrarian History of England and Wales |date=1967 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-20076-9 |pages=358–359 |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=0QQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA359#v=onepage&q&f=false |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> In 1830 a bill went through parliament for ''] the Forest of Roach otherwise Roche otherwise Neroach otherwise Neroche''. This encompassed land in the Parishes of Broadway, Bickenhall, Beercrocombe, Ilton, Barrington, Ashill, Illminster, Whitelackington, Curland, Donyatt, Isle-Abbotts, Hatchbeauchamp, and the Tithing of Domett in the Parish of Buckland Saint Mary.<ref name="inc1830">{{cite journal |title=House of Commons Journal |journal=www.british-history.ac.uk |date=1 March 1830 |volume=85 |pages=109–118 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/commons-jrnl/vol85/pp109-118 |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref> By the time of ] (~1377) the forest had been neglected by the Crown. In 1508 ] leased Exmoor and Neroche Forests to Sir Edmund Carew.<ref name="NPexmoor">{{cite web |title=Exmoor Royal Forest |url=https://www.exmoorher.co.uk/Monument/MEM22088 |website=The Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park |publisher=] |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en-gb}}</ref> In 1627 the forest, along with ], was ] by ], with the intention that the land be improved for agriculture. This was done to raise funds to pay for the ill-fated ].<ref>{{cite web |title=CHARLES I AND THE DISAFFORESTATION OF SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23459/lot/196/charles-i-and-the-disafforestation-of-somerset-and-wiltshire-warrant-signed-charles-r-at-head-to-the-attorney-general-sir-robert-heath-stating-that-he-is-resolved-to-disafforest-our-forests-of-roach-alias-neroach-and-selwood-in-our-counties-of-somersett-and-wiltshire-for-the-improving-of-our-revenue-no-place-or-date-late-1627/ |website=www.bonhams.com |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> By the 1650s the agricultural value of the lands had shown much improvement.<ref name="Thirsk">{{cite book |last1=Thirsk |first1=Joan |last2=Finberg |first2=H. P. R. |title=The Agrarian History of England and Wales |date=1967 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-20076-9 |pages=358–359 |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=0QQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA359#v=onepage&q&f=false |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> In 1830 a bill went through parliament for ''] the Forest of Roach otherwise Roche otherwise Neroach otherwise Neroche''. This encompassed 2,357 acres of land in the Parishes of Broadway, Bickenhall, Beercrocombe, Ilton, Barrington, Ashill, Illminster, Whitelackington, Curland, Donyatt, Isle-Abbotts, Hatchbeauchamp, and the Tithing of Domett in the Parish of Buckland Saint Mary.<ref name="inc1830">{{cite journal |title=House of Commons Journal |journal=www.british-history.ac.uk |date=1 March 1830 |volume=85 |pages=109–118 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/commons-jrnl/vol85/pp109-118 |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lawrence |first1=J.F. |title=Somerset 1800- 1830: an inquiry into social and economic conditions |date=1941 |publisher=Durham University |location=Durham Theses |page=15 |url=https://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10440/1/10440_7235.PDF |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>


The spelling of the name has had many variations of Neroche and Rache, with 37 variants recorded.<ref name="Gray">{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=Harold St George |title=Excavations at Castle Neroche, Somerset: June-July 1903 |journal=Somerset Archaeology and Natural History |date=1904 |volume=49 |pages=23–25 |url=https://sanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/11StGeorgeGray-1.pdf |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref> The spelling of the name has had many variations of Neroche and Rache, with 37 variants recorded.<ref name="Gray">{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=Harold St George |title=Excavations at Castle Neroche, Somerset: June-July 1903 |journal=Somerset Archaeology and Natural History |date=1904 |volume=49 |pages=23–25 |url=https://sanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/11StGeorgeGray-1.pdf |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>

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Neroche Forest was a Royal Forest in the county of Somerset, England, to the south of Taunton, comprising some 6000-7000 acres.

By the time of Richard II (~1377) the forest had been neglected by the Crown. In 1508 Henry VII leased Exmoor and Neroche Forests to Sir Edmund Carew. In 1627 the forest, along with Selwood Forest, was disafforested by Charles I, with the intention that the land be improved for agriculture. This was done to raise funds to pay for the ill-fated Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. By the 1650s the agricultural value of the lands had shown much improvement. In 1830 a bill went through parliament for inclosing the Forest of Roach otherwise Roche otherwise Neroach otherwise Neroche. This encompassed 2,357 acres of land in the Parishes of Broadway, Bickenhall, Beercrocombe, Ilton, Barrington, Ashill, Illminster, Whitelackington, Curland, Donyatt, Isle-Abbotts, Hatchbeauchamp, and the Tithing of Domett in the Parish of Buckland Saint Mary.

The spelling of the name has had many variations of Neroche and Rache, with 37 variants recorded.

More recently the name has been used by the Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme, who from 2006 to 2011 worked to improve wildlife conservation, access and recreation in an area of 35 square miles. In 2024 the Wild Neroche scheme was started by Forestry England to rewild 730 hectares.

People associated with the forest

References

  1. ^ Thirsk, Joan; Finberg, H. P. R. (1967). The Agrarian History of England and Wales. CUP Archive. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-0-521-20076-9. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. "Exmoor Royal Forest". The Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park. National Parks. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  3. "CHARLES I AND THE DISAFFORESTATION OF SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  4. "House of Commons Journal". www.british-history.ac.uk. 85: 109–118. 1 March 1830. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  5. Lawrence, J.F. (1941). Somerset 1800- 1830: an inquiry into social and economic conditions (PDF). Durham Theses: Durham University. p. 15. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  6. Gray, Harold St George (1904). "Excavations at Castle Neroche, Somerset: June-July 1903" (PDF). Somerset Archaeology and Natural History. 49: 23–25. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  7. "Project evaluation: Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme". Forest Research. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  8. "Neroche - liberating the landscape". 10 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  9. "Wild Neroche Rewilding Project". Rewilding Britain. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

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