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    The royal Forest of Galtres was established by the Norman kings of England in North Yorkshire, to the north of the Ancient City of York, extending right...
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    the edge of the village of Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire. It is approximately 10 miles north of York, in the ancient Forest of Galtres. The house...
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    and the royal Forest of Galtres once surrounded the area.[citation needed] The market place was the site of an old toll booth. The base of the old market...
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    the ancient Royal Forest of Galtres. From 1941 to 1946, the RAF operated an airfield on the outskirts of the village. It was part of 4 Group, Bomber Command...
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  • Lloyd Cole, British Sea Power and The Undertones. Galtres Parklands Festival was owned by The Galtres Festival Charitable Foundation, registered by the...
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    York, west of Haxby, and on the east bank of the River Ouse. Skelton was in the ancient royal Forest of Galtres and covers 977.3 hectares (3.77 sq mi)....
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    Haxby (category Villages and areas in the City of York)
    Middle Ages, because the village was in the royal Forest of Galtres, its inhabitants were subject to forest law and took part in the occasional courts that...
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    A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood (Latin: silva regis), is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and...
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    Forest is an area of primarily coniferous woodland at the southern end of the North York Moors National Park, in North Yorkshire, England. The forest...
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    part of the Allerston Forest programme, which included Dalby Forest, Bickley Forest and Staindale Forest. The all-encompassing name of Allerston Forest was...
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    Anthony Ughtred (category Governors of Jersey)
    September of the same year, he was made steward of the Forest of Galtres, Yorkshire and master of the hunt. In 1519 he received a grant in reversion of the...
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    maintained by Forestry England. Dalby Forest, along with Langdale Forest and Cropton Forest, forms part of the North Riding Forest Park, found within the North...
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    of Huntington to the east of the Foss was part of the Forest of Galtres, a hunting royal forest that covered large areas of land to the north-east of...
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    the nearby Forest of Galtres in 1590. There is some uncertainty over when racing first arrived at the current site. The official stance of York Racecourse...
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    during the reign of King Stephen, a motte-and-bailey castle was built here in the Forest of Galtres by Bertram de Bulmer, the remains of which can be seen...
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    York Community Woodland (category Forests and woodlands of North Yorkshire)
    side of York (such as Acomb), to visit the woodland. The project is a joint venture between the White Rose Forest and York City Council, and is part of Forestry...
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    800; -1.549 The Forest of Leeds was originally the Forest of Loidis in which today's city of Leeds arose. It now refers to patches of woodland throughout...
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    north of York. No date for the establishment of a settlement at Tollerton has been determined but it was part of the old royal Forest of Galtres until...
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    Greno Woods (category Forests and woodlands of South Yorkshire)
    footpaths and bridleways. In 2018 an "Enchanted Forest Trail" was constructed with the intention of encouraging toddlers and young children to explore...
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    Layerthorpe (category Villages and areas in the City of York)
    (1736) that the first part of the name referred to a resting-place (or "lair") used by deer on the edge of the Forest of Galtres. The second part ("thorpe")...
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    paddocks at Hampton and founding her own at Blackheath. Racing in the Forest of Galtres dates to 1590, Leith Races were established by 1591, and at Doncaster...
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    Sheriff Hutton Castle (category Richard III of England)
    the remains of which can be seen to the south of the churchyard, was built here in the Forest of Galtres by Bertram de Bulmer, Sheriff of York during...
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    Scoska Wood (category Forests and woodlands of North Yorkshire)
    species management area, a British national nature reserve (NNR), and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Littondale, North Yorkshire, England...
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    The South Yorkshire Forest was a partnership initiative of the twelve Community Forests in England, started in 1991. The programme aimed to create attractive...
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  • Filey Junior School, Filey Follifoot CE Primary School, Follifoot Forest of Galtres Anglican-Methodist Primary School, Shipton Foston CE Primary School...
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    for example, he was dispatched to gather buck deer from the royal forest of Galtres for Henry's Christmas feast at Westminster Palace. In return, the...
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    Grass Wood, Wharfedale (category Forests and woodlands of North Yorkshire)
    an ancient woodland of 88 hectares (220 acres) in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, that has an exceptional ground flora of woodland wildflowers...
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    Bowden Housteads Woods (category Forests and woodlands of South Yorkshire)
    carpet of bluebells. The woods are a Local Nature Reserve. The 1853 Ordnance Survey map of the area shows a sandstone quarry within the woods. Many of Handsworth's...
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    account) in 1282 and in 1287, and received a royal gift of four deer from the Forest of Galtres in 1283. Succession William de Graystok, having been granted...
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    Woodhouse Ridge (category Forests and woodlands of West Yorkshire)
    a photographic archive of Leeds – Display Forest of Leeds - Woodhouse Ridge & Sugarwell Hill Leodis – a photographic archive of Leeds – Display Leodis...
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