Weir-Wilson, M. (2016). The St Leonard’s Forest, Horsham, footpath dispute: public access versus private land 1899–1900. Sussex Archaeological Collections 154. Vol 154, Sussex Archaeological Society. pp. 257-271. https://doi.org/10.5284/1086764. Cite this via datacite
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The St Leonard’s Forest, Horsham, footpath dispute: public access versus private land 1899–1900 | ||
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Sussex Archaeological Collections 154 | ||
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Sussex Archaeological Collections | ||
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257 - 271 | ||
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This paper highlights a local response to the growing tensions at the end of the 19th century between public right of access and private enclosure. The context of growing populations, urban development and pressure on rural areas, combined with a desire to preserve the countryside for its amenity value is explored. The paper then records and analyses the evidence given by local people to the district councils’ enquiry in 1899 and subsequent court case in 1900 which described how the footpaths through St Leonard’s Forest, to the eastern edge of Horsham, West Sussex, were used daily for work and pleasure. This evidence gives an insight into the lives of those living within and on the borders of the forest, and in consequence the impact the arbitrary closure of paths made on them and the strong feelings of injustice it aroused. Such events are also part of a longer struggle for the right to roam, access to commons and a heritage of public mobilisation and protest. | ||
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2016 | ||
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28 Sep 2017 |
