Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GALTREES FOREST

GALTREES FOREST, a quondam woody waste, in Yorkshire; extending from the walls of York city, about 15 miles northward to Craike-Hill, and north-westward to the walls of Isurium, now Aldborough. It was a mixture of forest, moor, and bog; was tenanted by wild beasts, and haunted by robbers; was the scene of many and frequent perils and exploits; but is now all cleared and drained, and has many populous villages.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a quondam woody waste"   (ADL Feature Type: "forests")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Galtres Forest

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