English Commons and Forests: The Story of the Battle During the Last Thirty Years for Public Rights Over the Commons and Forests of England and Wales |
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English Commons and Forests Charles McKew donor Parr,George Shaw-Lefevre Eversley No preview available - 2017 |
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acres adjoining allotments appears Banstead Banstead Commons beautiful behalf Berkhamsted Bill Cadnam Cassell's cattle Chase Cheap Edition claim clause Coloured Plates commenced Committee of 1865 common rights Commons Society consent copyhold Corporation of London Crown custom deer disafforesting district Duchy Earl encroachments England enjoyment Epping Forest existed Farm favour fences forestal rights freehold tenants grant Green Hampstead Hampstead Heath Heath held Henry Hill House of Commons Illustrated inclosed inclosure of Commons inhabitants interest labourers Law Courts lease litigation London Commons lopping Lords of Manors Loughton Metropolitan Board Metropolitan Commons Act miles neighbourhood object open spaces owners parish Park Parliament pasture persons preservation proceedings proposed purchase purpose Railway recreation regulating scheme respect rights of common Sir John Hartopp Statute of Merton Story suit Surrey timber tion Tollard Farnham trees turf uninclosed village Vols Wandsworth waste lands Wigley Wimbledon Wimbledon Common wood
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Page 184 - Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc.
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