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The New Forest Royal Forest and Its Ancient Common Rights
A historical overview of the New Forest detailing its royal ownership from William the Conqueror to modern times, the common rights of locals, including estovers turbary and gathering wild fruits, and the Forest’s administration by the Forest Verderers and Agisters at Swainmore Court. It notes legal protections, deer law, and the landscape’s sylvan moorlands and heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ts Conqueror
Henry VII
Elizabeth I
Charles I
Charlies
Britain
New Forest
Swainmore
Agisters
Ums Gate Feret
England