The wood is thought to correspond to Herdyng wood which also included The Lumb and Herdings wood. Rollestone is a later name thought to be a corruption of Rowlinson, an 17th century owner of Herdings farm. It is labelled as Herdings wood on a Fairbanks plan dating to 1804. Archaeological features within the woodlands include charcoal burning platforms, Q-pits for the production of whitecoal and a substantial boundary ditch and bank at the southwest extent of the woods. Documentary evidence of coppicing exists dated to 146 (NAA 2001, 51-61). Legibility is partial due to the surviving woodland and features within it.