A track through Fineshade Wood, part of Rockingham Forest.
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Geography
Location
Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates
52°27′N0°35′W / 52.45°N 0.59°W / 52.45; -0.59
Area
200 sq mi
Rockingham Forest is a former royal hunting forest in the county of Northamptonshire, England. It is an area of some 200 sq mi (500 km2) lying between the River Welland and River Nene and the towns of Stamford and Kettering. It has a rich and varied landscape, with farmland, open pasture, pockets of woodland and villages built from local stone.[1]
^"Rockingham Forest Trust". Rockingham Forest Trust. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
RockinghamForest is a former royal hunting forest in the county of Northamptonshire, England. It is an area of some 200 sq mi (500 km2) lying between...
Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in RockinghamForest, approximately two miles north from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire...
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...
stronghold for the red kite. Thirty Spanish birds were introduced into RockinghamForest near Corby in 2000, and by 2010, the RSPB estimated that over 200...
the Harborough district. Market Harborough was part of RockinghamForest, a royal hunting forest used by medieval monarchs, whose boundaries stretched...
Purlieu in Hampshire, on the border of the New Forest and Bedford Purlieus, once part of RockinghamForest; also as Purley, in London, and Purley on Thames...
'birch-tree stump'. The village is surrounded by the remnants of the royal forest of Rockingham. Brigstock is an ancient settlement, dating back to the Bronze Age...
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village was surrounded by the RockinghamForest. A folklore amongst the people of yarwell is that in Rockinghamforest, there lived three greedy little...
local militia. A popular legend is that the Queen was hunting in RockinghamForest when she (dependent on the legend) either fell from her horse or became...
enclosing common land – The Brand Common – that had been part of RockinghamForest. Edward Montagu, one of the deputy lieutenants, had stood up against...
Cistercian abbey, in the Northamptonshire hamlet of Pipewell in the old RockinghamForest. It was established in 1143 by William Butevilain as a daughter house...
Lakes, a country park developed from gravel pits and managed by the RockinghamForest Trust. This park is internationally recognised for its birdlife and...
the district was home to RockinghamForest, once a Royal hunting forest which takes its name from the village of Rockingham where William I built a castle...
Rockingham Estate was a house and estate near Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland covering much of the area which now makes up Lough Key Forest Park. In 1771...
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village lies to the north of a small stream, the Willow Brook, in RockinghamForest. It is in North Northamptonshire. At the time of the 2001 census,...
Northamptonshire. The Pytchley Hunt country used to include areas of the RockinghamForest but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt. The Woodland Pytchley...
smelting centre, during the medieval period it was in the Royal Forest of Rockingham, and later it became part of the estates of the Duke of Bedford....
village of Stanwick and was opened in 2006. It is managed by the RockinghamForest Trust on behalf of East Northamptonshire District Council and comprises...
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