The wood corresponds to Herdyng wood which also included The Lumb and Rollestone wood. The Meersbrook, which denoted an old boundary originates in the woods. The wood contains much evidence of use including charcoal burning platforms, pits and old trackways. Documentary evidence of coppicing exists dated to 1492 (NAA., 2001, 51-61). The earliest documentary evidence of the wood is in 1462. Legibility is partial due to the surviving woodland and features within it.