Bolt Wood is near to the western boundary of the Parish of
Stockerston
Stockerston is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, located on the border with Rutland, by the Eye Brook. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 35. The population remained l ...
,
Leicestershire,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It is suggested that the woodland on this boundary is part of that mentioned in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
.
Bolt Wood was part of the extensive Royal medieval
Leighfield Forest.
The first written reference to Bolt Wood is in an undated charter probably dating before the reign of
Henry VI, in which it is referred to as 'Boutewood'.
An alternative date offered is between 1422 and 1461.
Site of special scientific interest
Bolt Wood is part of the
Eye Brook Valley Woods
Eye Brook Valley Woods is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Hallaton in Leicestershire. It is in three separate areas, Great Merrible Wood, which is managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, Bolt Wood and ...
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The Eye Brook Valley Woods are designated as Sites of Specific Scientific Interest because they are the best existing examples of ash-elm and ash-maple woodlands in Leicestershire, and noted for their flora and breeding bird population. Bolt Wood is characterised by ash and field maple trees.
References
Forests and woodlands of Leicestershire
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