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The common land and commoners of Ashdown Forest

Index The common land and commoners of Ashdown Forest

The common land of Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England, a former royal hunting forest created soon after the Norman conquest of England, covers some 6,400 acres. [1]

11 relations: Anglo-Saxons, Ashdown Forest, Common land, Commons Registration Act 1965, Duchy of Lancaster, East Sussex, East Sussex County Council, England, Norman conquest of England, Pannage, Turbary.

Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Ashdown Forest

Ashdown Forest is an ancient area of tranquil open heathland occupying the highest sandy ridge-top of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Common land

Common land is land owned collectively by a number of persons, or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.

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Commons Registration Act 1965

The Commons Registration Act 1965 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom enacted in 1965 that concerns the registration of rights to common land, town greens, and village greens in England and Wales.

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Duchy of Lancaster

The Duchy of Lancaster is, since 1399, the private estate of the British sovereign as Duke of Lancaster.

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East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England.

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East Sussex County Council

East Sussex County Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Pannage

Pannage is the practice of releasing livestock-pigs in a forest, so that they can feed on fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts or other nuts.

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Turbary

Turbary is the ancient right to cut turf, or peat, for fuel on a particular area of bog.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_common_land_and_commoners_of_Ashdown_Forest

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