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householders to lop wood within the forest for which, in substitution, a public hall was constructed in the town. The hall was named The
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During the middle of the nineteenth century, a number of initiatives were started to protect the rights of the public to use open spaces and for the areas to be conserved for their specific environmental features. Some notable people of the time devoted themselves to societies such as the
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were also, by tradition, taking a limited quantity of wood from the forest under what was termed their 'lopping rights'. The enclosure of the lands within the forest bounds was threatening the performance of the annual lopping tradition and thus, a dispute also arose over the removal by private
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were enacted gradually bringing about the desired protections. The Epping Forest Act 1878 brought together the diverse rules and prescribed how the Forest was to be protected. The Act formally records the Crown renouncing rights over the land and the
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An Act for the
Disafforestation of Epping Forest and the preservation and management of the uninclosed parts thereof as an Open Space for the recreation and enjoyment of the public; and for other purposes.
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with special powers granted under section 43 of the Act are known as Forest
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individuals of forest considered to be in public ownership. Following the intervention of a number of bodies and interested parties, some
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for the recreation and enjoyment of the public. The management of the forest became, via the Act, the
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