Woodland by Chapel Lane, Chessetts Wood
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Woodland by Chapel Lane, Chessetts Wood
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 3 Jan 2013
This is not an old wood, though there may once have been old woodland here. In 1887 it was probably pasture; there was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at the far corner. The 1905 map shows an orchard, half cleared on the 1925 and subsequent maps, perhaps for a house and grounds. The 1962 map shows mixed trees and scrub. A dense understorey of holly is developing in the centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.35861
Longitude
-1.725076
