Morfe Forest was a medieval royal forest

Royal forest

A royal forest is an area of land with different meanings in England, Wales and Scotland; the term forest does not mean forest as it is understood today, as an area of densely wooded land...

 in east Shropshire.

At its core was a wood stretching from Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England, along the Severn Valley. It is split into Low Town and High Town, named on account of their elevations relative to the River Severn, which separates the upper town on the right bank from the lower on the left...

 to Six Ashes (near Enville

Enville, Staffordshire

Enville is a small village in rural Staffordshire, England, on the A458 road between Stourbridge and Bridgnorth. Enville is also the name of the parish in which it lies....

) and Claverley

Claverley

Claverley is a village and civil parish in east Shropshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlets of Beobridge, Hopstone, Upper Aston, Ludstone, Heathton and a number of other small settlements....

. The forest was perambulated in 1300 and the bounds were recorded. By the 17th century, this wood had become a heath, which was inclosed in 1805.

The forest takes its name from the manor of Morfe (in Enville) which was however not part of the forest.