Lopping Rights
£2.50
Resisting enclosure in Epping Forest
A5 pamphlet
Epping Forest is London’s largest open space, enjoyed today by 1000s of Londoners... However, if it wasn’t for two hundred years of resistance to attempts by landowners to fence off and develop parts of the wood, Epping Forest would be a lot smaller - or might not exist at all...
A short account of opposition to enclosure in the Forest, and the part played by Thomas Willingale of Loughton in the eventual preservation of most of the Forest for public access.