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The battle for Wimbledon Green Following on from a previous post detailing the long and intricate campaign that preserved Wimbledon… READ MORE
In our last post we discussed the ongoing and intertwined links of the ownership of landed estates in England, the… READ MORE
Jamaican-born Black revolutionary Robert Wedderburn, writing in ‘The Axe Laid to the Root’, his series of open agitational letters urging… READ MORE
1801, Bedfont – a failed attempt to enclose the Common. While there are many accounts that we have posted up… READ MORE
January 2023 Update: Ealing Council are again seeking to press ahead with a plan to develop a sports facility covering more… READ MORE
Open Space – or Closed Space? It’s easy to take open space for granted in the city… Parks, commons, woods,… READ MORE
The earliest history of Wimbledon Common and Putney Lower Common dates back to the paleolithic age and barrows such as… READ MORE
As previously recounted, residents of Enfield had a long tradition of defending common fields against enclosure by landowners, their agents… READ MORE
What later became known as Ham Common may have originated as a grant of land to the manor of Ham,… READ MORE
Beating the Bounds – also sometimes called ‘Gang-Days’ – was an old folk custom, generally used to keep alive knowledge… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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