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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]