"Sandall Beat Wood was planted in the early years of the last century on open land, and a patchwork of heath, fen, and rough pasture. This afforestation was part of a national campaign during the Napoleonic Wars, to provide timber for ship building. In 1809 Doncaster Town Council ordered 'Slater the Woodman' to buy many thousands of tree seedlings - a mixture of Larch, Oak, Ash, Beech, Sweet Chestnut, Scots Pine, Lime and Elm. To prepare the land for planting, drainage channels were dug in criss-cross fashion - 365 in all. Planting began in 1810 and continued during 1811 and 1812." (http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Leisure_in_Doncaster/Outdoor_Life/Woods_and_Country_Parks/Discover_Sandall_Beat_Wood.asp accessed 12th July, 2006) This land, was probably enclosed from common by the 1774 Armthorpe enclosure award. Fragmentary legibility of surveyed enclosure.