LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES EPPING FOREST CLA/077 Page 1 Reference Description Dates STATUTORY and LEGAL PAPERS RELATING TO
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LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 EPPING FOREST CLA/077 Reference Description Dates STATUTORY AND LEGAL PAPERS RELATING TO PARLIAMENTARY BILLS AND ACTS CLA/077/A/01/001 Epping Forest Act 1871 1865 - 1871 Includes: report of the Parliamentary Committee (1871); petition against the Bill (1871); supporting documentation (1871); official notice of public meeting held by Epping Forest Commissioners (May 1872); report of the Open Spaces Committee (1865) inscribed 'Mr Manisty'; Report entitled "Rights of Crown in Tidal Lands and Epping Forest" (1866) 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/001/005 CLA/07/01/001/003 Box 1.5 Box 1.3 CLA/077/A/01/002 Epping Forest Act 1872 1872 Includes: copy of Bill; petitions against Bill; proof of the City Solicitor 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/001/003 Box 1.3 CLA/077/A/01/003 Epping Forest (no 1) Bill 1872 1872 Includes: copy of Bill; report; petitions against the Bill; memoranda on the amended Bill (2 copies) and reasons against a second reading 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/001/005 Box 1.5 CLA/077/A/01/004 Epping Forest (no 1) Bill 1872 and Metage on 1872 Grain (Port of London) Bill 1872: combined reports Includes: petitions against the Bills; minutes of evidence; reports 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/001/004 Box 1.4 CLA/077/A/01/005 Metage on Grain (Port of London) Act 1872 1864 - 1872 File includes: copy of Act with manuscript annotations; 2 copies of Bill with manuscript annotations; petitions; minutes of proceedings; reports and correspondence concerning rights of Metage; copy and amended copy of the Weighing of Grain (Port of London) (1864) Bill 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/001/002 Box 1.2 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 EPPING FOREST CLA/077 Reference Description Dates CLA/077/A/01/006 Corporation of London (Various Powers) Act 1878 1878 Includes: copy of Bill; petitions against Bill 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/001/006 Box 1.6 CLA/077/A/01/007 Epping Forest Act 1878 1878 Includes: copy of Bill; petitions against Bill; modifications; statements; minutes of evidence; correspondence; briefs for the Corporation of London 2 files Former reference: CLA/077/01/001/007 Box 1.7 CLA/077/A/01/008 Protection of Birds Act 1933 1833 Copy of Bill 1 file Former reference: Box 1.7 LDQEH.2007.1303 EPPING FOREST COMMISSION Objections CLA/077/A/02/01/001 Objections made by Horne and Hunter 1872 (solicitors) on behalf of the City of London Corporation to land claims made under the Epping Forest Act (1871) 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/003 Box 2.3 CLA/077/A/02/01/002 Objections to revised plan of Epping Forest and 1875 books of reference With handwritten notes and annotations 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/003/003 Box 3.3 CLA/077/A/02/01/003 Objections to the first plan of Epping Forest 1872 printed by the Epping Forest Commission 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/002 Box 2.2 Documentary evidence and claims LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 EPPING FOREST CLA/077 Reference Description Dates CLA/077/A/02/02/001 Documents, copies of documents and lists of 1792 - 1887 documents prepared and gathered by the City of London Corporation Includes: schedule of documents provided by the City Solicitor to Mr Fisher (1887); list of papers received from Mr Harvey of Launceton (1871); list of office copies of documents obtained; 2 copies of tracings of marking irons made by the Clerk to the Epping Forest Commission; late 19th Century copies of documents concerning Epping Forest, the originals of which date between 1309 and 1847; letter concerning cattle marking in Walthamstow (1792); cattle marking book (1847-1851) used in the Chancery Case Sewers v Glasse; cattle marking books (1811 and 1845-1848); map and particulars of sale of The Manor of Salisbury Hall, Walthamstow (1817) 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/004 Box 2.4 CLA/077/A/02/02/002 Tables put in evidence on behalf of the 187- Commissioners of Sewers, City of London Corporation and other commoners 2 copies, printed 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/005 Box 2.5 CLA/077/A/02/02/003 Table of claims to common of pasture in Epping 187- Forest that were made in 1630, 1653 and 1670 1 copy, printed. Prepared by Horne and Hunter (Solicitors) on behalf of the City Solicitor 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/006 Box 2.6 CLA/077/A/02/02/004 Table of presentments and regulations which 187- had been made at Forest Courts before 1713 relating to woods and trees in Forest of Waltham 1 copy, printed. Prepared by Horne and Hunter (solicitors) on behalf of the City Solicitor. Contains handwritten notes 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/007 Box 2.7 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 EPPING FOREST CLA/077 Reference Description Dates CLA/077/A/02/02/005 Table of presentments and entries which had 187- been made at Forest Courts between 1713 -1817 relating to Common of Pasture in Forest of Waltham 1 copy, printed. Prepared by Horne and Hunter (solicitors) on behalf of the City Solicitor 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/008 Box 2.8 CLA/077/A/02/02/006 Summary of manorial claims received by the 187- Epping Forest Commission 2 copies, printed 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/009 Box 2.9 CLA/077/A/02/02/007 Two handwritten copies of the perambulation of 1872 Waltham Forest which occurred in 1641 One copy belonged to the City Solicitor, Guildhall Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/001 Box 2.1 CLA/077/A/02/02/008 Statement of claims and objections made on 1872 - 1876 behalf of the Corporation of London under the Epping Forest Act 1871 Includes: printed statement of claims and objections; request by Corporation of London to their counsel to advise on making claims; notice of public meeting to be held at Old Palace Yard, Westminster in May 1872; newspaper cutting of commissioners' announcement (The Times, 187?); Forest Fund leaflet (nd); letters concerning land usage (1874 - 1876) 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/003 Box 2.3 Reports and proceedings CLA/077/A/02/03/001 Brief by Horne and Hunter (solicitors) on an 1873 application by the City Solicitor which was brought before the Epping Forest Commission for orders to prohibit Waste in the Manors of Chigwell, Sewardstone, Loughton and Epping Bury Includes: handwritten notes about Alfred Darvill, Thomas Chilton and William D'Oyley and areas within Epping Forest; order by Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London 20th June 1871 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/002/010 Box 2.10 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 EPPING FOREST CLA/077 Reference Description Dates CLA/077/A/02/03/002 Order by Epping Forest Commission forbidding 1873 waste in Epping Forest 1 poster, printed 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/003/001 Box 3.1 CLA/077/A/02/03/003 Preliminary report of the Epping Forest 1875 Commission 2 copies, printed 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/003/004 Box 3.4 CLA/077/A/02/03/004 Scheme for the future management of Epping 1873 - 1875 Forest proposed by the Corporation of London Includes: letter from Hunter (solicitor) outlining his thoughts on the proposed scheme (1873); general report by Mr Butler, surveyor for the City of London, on state and requirements of Epping Forest, with detailed reports on Southern and Northern divisions and scheme for management and keeping up as an open space for the use of the public (1874); details of the scheme signed by the City Solicitor (1875); statement made to commissioners by owners and occupiers of lands within Epping Forest (1875); explanatory of the Scheme by the City Solicitor (3 copies, one with handwritten annotations); memorandum by the City Solicitor (1875); supporting brief and further observations by Mr Manisty QC; draft letter to the editor of the Walthamstow Chronicle from City Solicitor (1875); schedule of lands unlawfully enclosed which are comprised in the second schedule to the Corporation Scheme but not included in Mr Hunters' list (nd); notebook (possibly belonging to City Solicitor) with scribbled meeting notes and plans concerning scheme and proposals made by City of London Corporation to the Epping Forest Commission (1875) 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/003/005 Box 3.5 PD.58.3 CLA/077/04/035 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 EPPING FOREST CLA/077 Reference Description Dates CLA/077/A/02/03/005 Scheme of the Epping Forest Commissioners 1875 - 1877 Includes 4 copies of scheme (printed and including plans of Northern Portion and Southern Portion of Epping Forest signed by City Surveyor); official posted notice of the scheme (1 copy, printed); resolutions of the vestry of Parish of Loughton submitted to Commissioners (1875) 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/003/007 Box 3.7 and 4.1 CLA/077/01/004/001 CLA/077/A/02/03/006 Enquiry into the validity of enclosures 1873 Includes: Observations (1 copy, printed) and Concluding Observations (1 copy, printed) 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/003/002 Box 3.2 CLA/077/A/02/03/007 Speech of the City Solicitor (Mr Nelson) before 1876 the Epping Forest Commissioners 3 copies, printed. Includes map of Epping Forest 1 file Former reference: CLA/077/01/003/006 Box 3.6 CLA/077/A/02/03/008 Final report of the Epping Forest Commission 1877 3 copies, printed.