Common land
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Common land is collective land in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person who has a right in
Poohsticks Bridge in Ashdown Forest, an area of common land
Modern-day pannage, or common of mast, in the New Forest
Snake's head fritillary, North Meadow, Cricklade. This is grazed as Lammas common land.
View of the Scafell massif from Yewbarrow, Wasdale, Cumbria. In the valley bottom are older enclosures and higher up on the fell-side are later enclosures on poorer land with substantial walls following boundary lines regardless of terrain. Above those is the unenclosed common land.
Clapham Common
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Clapham Common is a large triangular urban park in Clapham, south London, England. Originally common land for the parishes of Battersea and Clapham, it was converted to parkland under the terms of the
Common land
…another or others is usually called a commoner. In Great Britain, common land or former common land is usually referred to as a common; for instance, Clapham Common and Mungrisdale Common. Due to enclosure, the extent of common land is now much reduced from the hundreds of square kilometres that existed until the…
Clapham Common
View on Clapham Common by J. M. W. Turner (1800–1805)
Clapham Common war memorial, located outside the Holy Trinity Church
A 270-degree panoramic view of Clapham Common