Holmwood Common, from Mill Lane
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Holmwood Common, from Mill Lane
Image: © Pip Rolls Taken: 17 Jan 2006
Part of the ancient Manor of Dorking, Holmwood Common was owned by King Harold before the Norman Conquest. Until the 19th-century the common was woodland. This changed when commoners began to use it for turf, timber and grazing, slowly transforming it into wood pasture. Some ancient oaks still survive today - almost 200 years on. In the 1920s commoning began to dwindle and the grassland returned to woodland.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.193092
Longitude
-0.322738