Rights Of Common

The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill... and other open spaces in the Great North Wood

A5 pamphlet

36 pages

Many open green spaces in our cities that we take for granted today still exist because in the past they were preserved from enclosure and development by both legal and illegal resistance.

This pamphlet discusses the fight to save two such spaces in South London: Sydenham Common & One Tree Hill, and looks at campaigns to preserve other local open space for public access.
Tales of legal shenanigans, rioting, intrigue - of greed, and violent death...