inclosures. In 1875, a Select committee of the House of Commons recommended against this, leading to the passage of the New Forest Act 1877, which limited the Crown's right to inclose, regulated common rights, and reconstituted the Court of Verderers. A further Act was passed in 1964. This forest is also managed by Forestry England. Sherwood Forest A forest since the end of the Ice Age (as attested by pollen sampling cores), Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve today encompasses 423.2 hectares, (1,045 acres) surrounding the village of Edwinstowe, the site of Thoresby Hall. The core of the forest is the Special Area of Conservation named Birklands and Bilhaugh. It is a remnant of an older, much larger, royal hunting forest, which derived its name from its status as the shire (or sher) wood of Nottinghamshire, which extended into several neighbouring counties (shires), bordered on the west along the River Erewash and the Forest of East Derbyshire. When the Domesday Book was compiled in 1086, the forest covered perhaps a quarter of Nottinghamshire in woodland and heath subject to the forest laws. Royal forests by county England Ireland Only one royal forest is known to have been formed in the Lordship of Ireland. See also Ancient woodland Crown land Deer park (England) English land law English Lowlands beech forests Perambulation History of the forest in Central Europe Verderer References Specific Bibliography Margaret Ley Bazeley, 'The Extent of the English Forest in the Thirteenth Century', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 4th Ser., Vol. 4. (1921), pp. 140–172. Gilbert, J.M. Hunting and Hunting Reserves in Medieval Scotland Edinburgh: John Donald Ltd 1979 External links St. John's College project: Forests and Chases in England and Wales, c. 1000 to c. 1850. The Gentleman's Magazine. Expeditating or Lawing the feet of dogs. Les Termes de la Ley: Expeditate. Charta Forestae. Landscape history Forests and woodlands of England Landscape design history Land management in the United Kingdom English forest law Types of formally designated forests History of forestry