Abbey Wood stretches from Lilleshall Abbey at the southwest, to Lilleshall House in the east. It is mostly ancient woodland, assumed to have been continuously wooded since the trees returned after the last ice age. It was the “home woodland” of both the abbey and later the house, providing wood and timber and hunting.
In 1891, Forbes’ survey described the wood:
Consists of very old timber, with underwood. A few acres of the latter are fit to cut, and a number of the old trees may also be cut, but any extensive felling would alter the landscape effect produced by this wood in the vicinity of the Hall. A portion in the South-west corner consists of younger trees, but they do not require touching at present.
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