Posts Tagged ‘New Forest’
Creating the ‘New Forest’
Forest Laws were introduced by William I and the New Forest in Hampshire was one of the most important of the King’s hunting grounds. For the local population however it was the imposition of a tyranny that brought them great suffering.
Read MoreThe ‘Bloody Heath’ and Cerdic
Charford in Hampshire is thought to have been the scene of a bloody battle that resulted in Cerdic and his son Cynric becoming the first kings of the Kingdom of Wessex.
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