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On May 16th 1751, a group of local residents climbed over the wall into Richmond Park, to carry out the… READ MORE
Osterley Park, West London, used to be the grounds of a large country house, built here for Sir Thomas Gresham… READ MORE
1549 saw rioting, sabotage and protest against the increasing pace of enclosure of common land across England by landowners, culminating… READ MORE
“In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to preserve Beasts,… READ MORE
On December 11th 1875, a crowd of several thousand people assembled on Hackney Downs, East London, to take part in… READ MORE
Today we remember how, 120 years ago, South Londoners saved one open green space and re-opened it to the public…… READ MORE
“The Commons have symbolic roots going back to before the Norman conquest. They stand for the right of every human… READ MORE
Yesterday we recounted here how the 1235 Statute of Merton established a legal basis for the enclosure of common land… READ MORE
“IT was provided in the Court of our Lord the King, holden at Merton on Wednesday the morrow after the… READ MORE
For centuries Plumstead Common belonged to the Provost and Scholars of Queens College, Oxford. Freehold tenants had enjoyed rights of… 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
A passionate baseball fan blog celebrating America's favorite pastime.
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