Excerpt from The Forest of Arden: Its Towns, Villages, and Hamlets; A Topographical and Historical Account of the District Between and Around Henley-in-Arden and Hampton-in-Arden in the County of Warwick Forest scene employed the term Arden of woodland in general, the district probably derived its designation from its peculiarly woody character.(1) And this inference is supported by what Caesar says of Britain, at the time of his invasion, who describes the interior as one great horrid forest. Strabo, as will be seen, also favours the same conclusion. Originally, Arden, perhaps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.