National Forest Estate Statutory Boundary for Forest of Dean
The Statutory Forest of Dean has existed since Norman times. Originally an area reserved for the King and his chosen few to hunt within, the Statutory Forest became defined as an area where the soil, timber or herbage belonged to the Crown and was controlled with the imposition of harsh Forest Laws. Within these forests, none could reside or own land and the rights at Common Law of the local inhabitants were severely restricted. When last legally defined in 1833, this was still assumed with some caveats, but the subsequent formalisation of encroachments and continuing sales of land mean today some 20% of land within the Statutory Forest is privately owned land – the remainder is managed as the Crown Forest Estate by the Forestry Commission. Attribution Statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].
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https://data-forestry.opendata.arcgis.com/
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
OpenData
England
Forest of Dean
Woodland
Species
Habitats and biotopes
Forestry
publication
2008-06-01
living environment
publication
2010-01-13
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51.65525786130264
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england
2015-09-03
2015-09-03
creation
2000-04-01
revision
2015-09-03
notPlanned
This boundary was digitised by Estates staff in the Forest of Dean some years ago, modified recently in format only.
Open format | Shapefile (SHP)
1998
Contains Forestry Commission information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Forestry Commission
mapping.geodata@forestry.gov.uk
description: Forestry Commission Website
pointOfContact
Forestry Commission
mapping.geodata@forestry.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2020-08-28