Foresters Rights (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, December 08, 2010, 07:01 (5169 days ago) @ mrsbruso

Not too sure about Fishing rights - I'm sure that on the Wye that would be perilously close to poaching. :-)

However the "folk" of the Forest did have a number of rights :-

The common inhabitants of the forest might, depending on their location, possess a variety of rights:
estover, the right of taking firewood,
pannage, the right to pasture swine in the forest,
turbary, the right to cut turf (as fuel),
and various other rights of pasturage (agistment)
and harvesting the products of the forest.

You may hear the term "sheep badger" - someone who has a right to graze sheep in the Forest

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>