CHAPTEH II. 



MORFE FOREST. 



Slorfe one of the Five Eoyal Forests of Shropshire — Its History 

 and Associations — Early British, Eoman, Danish, and Norman 

 Mementoes — Legends and Historical Incidents — Forest Wastes 

 — Old Kames — Hermitage Hill — Stanmore Grove — ^Essex Fall 

 — Foresters — Old Forest Lodge, &c. 



The hunting ground of the Willey country embraced 

 the sites of five royal forests, the growth of earlier 

 ages than those planted by the ]N"ormans, alluded to by 



c 



