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Commons and village greens

Commons or open land were used, at least in part, as traditional grazing land for commoners in the vicinity of settlements.

At the start of the 18th century England and Wales still retained 7-10 million acres of commons managed in an extensive way, with ancient trees present in many areas. It is the loss of much of this kind of management which has changed our landscape profoundly.

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