Nomansland Common
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Nomansland Common by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Nomansland Common
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 4 Dec 2005
One of the very few remaining expanses of heathland in Hertfordshire, with a very delicate habitat created by light soils and a long history of grazing. Once the grazing stopped trees and scrub grew, and shaded out the heathland plants, so there has to be active management now to control the spread of the vegetation cover before these heathland plants are smothered. On the south side of the Common the ground was ploughed up during the Second World War and although now re-seeded with grass, it has a completely different open image to the north side shown here. Oh, yes, and a highwaywoman, unmasked after her death as Lady Ferrers of Markyate, reputedly haunted the Common, and is commemorated by the name of the road through the Common and the name of the local hostelry.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.797955
Longitude
-0.300388