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THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED INCLOSURE OF WALTHAM (COMMONLY CALLED EPPING) AND HAINAULT FORESTS; IN WHICH A NEW PLAN IS SUGGESTED FOR DISAFFORESTING THE SAME: WITH The Heads of the Bill now proposed for that Purpose.
THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED INCLOSURE OF WALTHAM (COMMONLY CALLED EPPING) AND HAINAULT FORESTS; IN WHICH A NEW PLAN IS SUGGESTED FOR DISAFFORESTING THE SAME: WITH The Heads of the Bill now proposed for that Purpose.
“Is not the separate Property of a Thing the great Cause of its endearment? Does any one respect a Common as much as he does his Garden?” South . BY AN OLD INHABITANT . LONDON : PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY J. M. RICHARDSON, 23, CORNHILL, OPPOSITE THE ROYAL EXCHANGE; And can be had of the Newsmen in the several Parishes of Barking, Chigwell, Chinkford, Dagenham, Epping, East Ham, Great Ilford, Little Ilford, Leyton, Loughton, Lambourne, Nazing, Theydon-Bois, Stapleford-Abbot, Stratford, West Ham, Wans
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TO THE LORDS OF MANORS, FREEHOLDERS, COPYHOLDERS, AND OTHER OWNERS OF LANDED PROPERTY, SITUATE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF Waltham and Hainault Forests.
TO THE LORDS OF MANORS, FREEHOLDERS, COPYHOLDERS, AND OTHER OWNERS OF LANDED PROPERTY, SITUATE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF Waltham and Hainault Forests.
GENTLEMEN , WHEN I took the liberty of addressing you , in January last , on the subject of the projected inclosure of these Forests , I could not foresee that the plan I submitted to general consideration would have been adopted by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , which it appears , by the Heads of the Bill , they now propose bringing into Parliament has been done ; and the giving effect to a plan , on the mere suggestion of a private individual , whose name was not even known to them ,
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THOUGHTS, &c. &c.
THOUGHTS, &c. &c.
The local knowledge acquired by occasional residence, for many years past, in the Forest of Waltham and the neighbourhood, and its having been the favourite spot where I have indulged in occasional relaxation from professional pursuits, my attention has been drawn to the notice given of an intended application to Parliament for an inclosure of that and also of Hainault Forest, and the controversy which has taken place respecting such a proceeding has induced me to peruse the papers that have bee
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APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
Office of Woods, &c. Whitehall-Place, 30th March, 1818. Sir , I am directed by the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Woods, &c. to acquaint you, that since the date of my Circular Letter, in November last, stating the outlines of the measure then proposed for vesting in his Majesty certain parts of Hainault, Waltham, or Epping Forests, they have received various Memorials and Representations from, or on behalf of, the Lords of Manors, Freeholders, and others, having or claiming Righ
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WALTHAM, EPPING, or HAINAULT FORESTS.
WALTHAM, EPPING, or HAINAULT FORESTS.
HEADS of the BILL proposed to be submitted to Parliament , in the present Session , for vesting in His Majesty certain Portions of the said Forests in lieu of his Forestal and other Rights , and for disafforesting the said Forests . It is proposed , 1st. That the Commissioners to be named as hereinafter mentioned shall be empowered and directed to set out and allot two-third parts of that portion of Hainault Forest, called “ King’s Woods ,” to be for ever held by His Majesty in severalty, as a
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