The name of Sherwood is not mentioned in the _Gest_, though that of
Nottingham is frequent. The old forest was a district about twenty-five
miles square, lying to the north of Nottingham, between that town and
Worksop, including Mansfield and, to the north, the district now known
as 'the Dukeries,' _i.e._ the parks of Welbeck, Clumber and Rufford.
There is a village of Sherwood, a northern suburb of Nottingham, and a
Sherwood Hall near Mansfield; between the two may be found Friar Tuck's
Well, Robin Hood's Well, Robin Hood's Stable, and a Robin Hood Hill.
But, as has been pointed out above, these names have little significance
in view of the fact that similarly-named objects can be found in other
counties.
It is more interesting to note that a pasture called 'Robynhode Closse'
(_i.e._ close) is mentioned in the Nottingham Chamberlain's accounts as
early as 1485, and a 'Robynhode Well' in 1500.