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This1787reportsetthesceneforproposedenclosureoftheNewForest
TheTimes,30thMarch1792
Majorreportsin
1848-9showedmis-
management,and
wasteofresourcesin
theNewForest
MostremainingForestsweredisafforestedinthefirst
halfofthe19thCentury
Grant,R.,RoyalForestofEngland
HainaultForest1849
beforedisafforestaKon
HainaultForest2017
EppingForest
1900 2017
The last deer Alas! Alas!, Irons Hill, New Forest,
June 1854 – Sir Charles Burrard
DeerRemovalAct1851–moreInclosures
RestricKonsongrazingimposed,
August1852
ThomasFrancisKennedy,CommissionerofWoods,1850-4
Kennedyrecommendedcompulsorypurchase,
31stReport1853
WithinayearGladstonehadsacked
Kennedywithoutapension
MalmesburyonTFKennedy,
HouseofLords1855
Namely,roundmenwhowerefiYedforroundholes,
andsquaremenwhowerefiYedforsquareholes.
Mr.Kennedyappearedtobelongtoneitherofthese
classes,forhewasdecidedlyathree-corneredman–
atriangularman–whomitwasimpossibletofitinto
anyholewhatever.
Inclosures Prior to 1660
Inclosures Prior to 1800
Inclosures Prior to 1810
Inclosures Prior to 1830
Inclosures Prior to 1840
Inclosures Prior to 1850
Inclosures Prior to 1860
1864
BriscoeEyreandClementEsdaileheadwest
Theyhaveanimateddiscussionsaboutthe
NewForest
Thedynamicduowere
soonjoinedbyother
landownersincluding
HenryScoYMontagu
PlanstoformNFAemergedinLondon...
...buttheofficialformaKonwasinaLyndhurstpubon
22ndJuly1867
TheiniKalaimwastoobtainthebest
dealfortheCommonersintheevent
ofdisafforestaKon
NearlyayearlatertheMorningPost27thMay1868
reportedthataSelectCommiYeeoftheHouseof
Lordswouldsitandexaminetheworkingsofthe
1851DeerRemovalAct
“TheinterestsoftheCrownandof
thecommonersareatvariance,
andtheremustbeaperpetual
struggleofconflicKnginterests”
Conclusionof1868SelectCommiYeeReport
1871
100acresallowedforthegeneralpublic
100 acres for the public
OntheAgriculturalCapabili<esoftheNewForestByWCSpooner
appearedin1871
publishedbytheRoyal
AgriculturalSocietyof
England
TheNewForest.ThePreserva<onoftheOldTimber,theOpenCommonsandCommonRightsintheNewForest,aMaDerofNa<onalInterest.ByHTJJenkinson,1871
Debate continued throughout this parliament in the press and pamphlets
Jenkinson'spamphlet,wriYenin1870,isthefirstmenKonIhavecome
acrossoftheideaofaNaKonalParkinconnecKonwiththeNewForest:-
“...inconsequenceofthevastenclosuresand
plantaKonsmadepursuanttotheprovisionsof
theDeerRemovalAct,thewholecharacterofthe
districtwasgraduallybecomingchangedfroma
free,open,uninclosedspace,toonedensemassof
sombrefirplantaKon...that...theinterestsof
theCommonerswhoclaimedthefullandfree
enjoymentoftheirCommonrights,andofthe
publicwhodesiredthepreservaKonoftheForest
asaNaKonalParkofunrivalledbeauty,were
idenKcal.”
The Times leader of 17th April 1871 reflected changing interests
ProposaltoSouthamptonCouncil
inOctober1874
Longwatermayhavebeenthesite
Newvillageof80-100housesinNewForest
WHSmithappointed
Secretarytothe
Treasuryin1874
visitedNewForest
thatautumn
Duringthewinterof1874/5theNFAplanneda
campaignandoutlinediton13thMarch1875in
theVerderersCourtobtainingcommonerssupport
KeyresoluKonreflectedchangein
publicopinion
LordHenryScoYsoughtand
obtainedaSelectCommiYeehearing
MajorLondonArtExhibiKon
gatheredsupport
CommiYeefirstsat7thMayand
reported16thJuly1875havingheard
20witnesses
1875Report-TheNewForest:
Shouldremainuninclosed
Ancientandornamentalwoodsbepreserved
Characterofscenerybemaintained
PlantaKonslimitedto16,000acres
Norollingpowers
VerderersCourtbereconsKtuted
The1877Act
establishedthemodernForest,
VerderersCourttolookajer
CommonersRights,
LimitaKononKmberenclosures
The New Forest, Colin Tubbs, 2001
S A V I N G the N E W F O R E S T for 1 5 0 Y E A R S
