"Woodmen" of the Forest (General)

by pojames , Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 15:17 (4128 days ago) @ Jefff

Thanks very much, Jefff. Very helpful, as always. I se,e reading around it a bit, that there is a description 'Crown Woodman', (though not apparently in the census); but unclear whether all Woodmen would have been Crown Woodmen, or whether they were a superior variety. Certainly in the caption to the photo of assembled Keepers and Woodmen, both lots (including the occupant of Perch Lodge) are separately called 'Crown'... I wonder whether the house went with the job?

Surprised that the glossary of terms to which you kindly posted the link, doesn't discuss it at all - though I was intrigued by 'woodhen' !

I know what you mean about invisible deer - the Duchy of Lancaster forestry round us is full of them, though we do occasionally see them in the fields, and they are culled regularly. I was driving behind a car a few years ago when one jumped over a high wall and landed on the bonnet of the car in front, making an awful mess of itself and of the car. Sad. Boar I know well from Germany; a pain - dangerous and destructive, though very tasty. I was vaguely aware they had been re-introduced in some areas over here. Sadly, being out in the sticks, our broadband can't cope with youtube at the moment, (infuriating), so can't access the sites you mention. Roll on (out?) the fibre-optic cable, though we're not holding our breaths.