Great Ridge Wood

Mostly within the parishes of Boyton and Sherrington, and entirely within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it lies on a chalk downland ridge above the River Wylye.

To the south are the villages of Chicklade and Fonthill Bishop, while to the north are Boyton, Corton, Sherrington and Stockton.

A Roman road runs from east to west through the centre of the wood,[2] and it has two ancient monuments within it.

[3] In recognition of its nature conservation importance, the wood is designated by Wiltshire Council as a County Wildlife Site.

One day, local people pursued him into the wood, caught him and executed him by hanging him from an oak tree.