In 1508, Henry VII leased Exmoor and Neroche forests to Sir Edmund Carew.
[1] In 1830, a bill went through Parliament for inclosing the Forest of Roach otherwise Roche otherwise Neroach otherwise Neroche.
This encompassed 2,357 acres that were allotted to landowners in the parishes of Broadway, Bickenhall, Beercrocombe, Ilton, Barrington, Ashill, Illminster, Whitelackington, Curland, Donyatt, Isle-Abbotts, Hatchbeauchamp, and the tithing of Domett in the parish of Buckland Saint Mary.
[6] More recently, the name has been used by the Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme, who from 2006 to 2011 worked to improve wildlife conservation, access and recreation in an area of 35 square miles.
[7][8] In 2024, the Wild Neroche scheme was started by Forestry England to rewild 730 hectares.