SELWOOD, (Somerset) was a wood in the E. part of the Co. from which the neighbouring country was called
Selwoodshire; and the chief Ts. in it is to this day called Frome-Selwood. It began near this T. and extended to Bruham in
length, which is about 15 m. and was about 6 in breadth. The Stourtons, Hungerfords, and other noblemen were its woodwards
and bailiff's; and it was formerly a very thick forest, which being a noted shelter for money-clippers and banditti, most
of the trees were cut down, to unharbour them.