[Hardy-l] woodlanders historical context

[Tony Fincham]

It was all privately owned land as most of it still is today:
Hardy's Woodlands - stretching South & East from Melbury Osmund
(the original Great Hintock) would have mainly belonged to the Ilchester
family  of  Melbury Park (Great Hintock House).

Even in the 20th & 21st centuries when much of the Woodland is managed
by the state-sponsored Forestry Commission, most of the woods are still
privately owned. Puddletown Forest behind Hardy's Birthplace, for instance,
is managed by The Forestry Commission but still owned by the same
Ilchester family.

Access would have been on public highways or recognised public footpaths
(not protected  by legislation until 1949). Otherwise much of it would have
been out-of-bounds for the general population - game stocks being zealously
guarded by armed game-keepers.

Tony Fincham.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Louw" <plouw at pan.uzulu.ac.za>
To: <hardy-l at coyote.csusm.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:38 AM
Subject: [Hardy-l] woodlanders historical context


>
> Thank you very much to Rosemarie Morgan for her useful suggestions and 
> references. Much appreciated.
>
> In addition to information about the forest people I was wondering who had 
> access to the woodlands in those days. Was the area  controlled by the 
> State? Or did private businesses have contracts? I am trying to form a 
> picture in order to compare it to a South African context and a South 
> African novel entitled "Dream Forest" by Dalene Matthee in which she 
> writes about a forest community in the Knysna Forest in the Cape in the 
> nineteenth century.
>
> Pat  Louw
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