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The Transformation of Sherwood Forest in the Twentieth Century: The Role of Private Estate Forestry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2005

DUNCAN KOTTLER
Affiliation:
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
CHARLES WATKINS
Affiliation:
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
CHRIS LAVERS
Affiliation:
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

Abstract

Despite the demise of many landed estates in the twentieth century, the creation of the Forestry Commission and consequent massive afforestation, over two-thirds of British woodland remained in the hands of private land owners at the end of the century. Little research has been carried out into the changing role of landed estates in forming and maintaining woodland landscapes in this period. This paper examines forestry on the Thoresby estate, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire using a wide range of sources. It demonstrates the dynamic nature of this landscape during the twentieth century. Rather than being a slowly changing woodland landscape, it has been transformed through interventions by land agents and landowners in response to changing social, economic and government policy pressures.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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