Horewell Forest
Horewell Forest was a Royal forest. In the west, it bordered the river Severn, and Strensham in the south and extended to Pershore. It was partially disafforested in 1229.
In the 1500s, the woodlands known has Horewell Wood still included Strensham Wood, Hill Wood, Earl's Croome, Hill Croome, Croome D'Abitot, Bucknell Wood, Sapyes Wood, Besford and Defford Woods, and Severn Stoke. At that time, it belonged to the Abbot of Westminster, who granted it in 1542 to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
The remnants of the forest are detectable in the local biology, including unimproved commons and remnants of ancient woodlands. This is particularly true of the areas within the former Croome Estate, which includes remnants of the forest and unimproved former common lands.
