A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEONARDS (ST.) FOREST, an ancient forest in Sussex; between Horsham and the London and Brighton railway. It was part of the Saxon Andredswald; it comprises about 11,000 acres; and it belongs chiefly to the parochial chapelry of Lower Beeding. It was anciently held by the Braose family, but is now divided among several owners. It took its name from an ancient chapel in the NE, dedicated to St. Leonard, and now extinct. Its timber is mostly oak and beech; but includes some ancient pines and extensive larch plantations. Its principal avenue is 1¼ mile long, and includes about 15,000 trees, all of modern growth, in room of ancient ones which were destroyed by a tempest. Its area gives origin to the main sources of the Arun, the Adur, and the Ouse rivers; and its ground-surface includes deep water-courses and picturesque diversities, but no lofty eminences.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an ancient forest" (ADL Feature Type: "forests") |
| Administrative units: | Sussex AncC |
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