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New Forest Northern Commons

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New Forest Northern Commons

A New Forest commoner (also known as a New Forester, Commoner or Forester) is a person who owns common land with recognized historical rights in the New Forest area of Southern England. The term is used both for a practitioner of the heritage agricultural vocation of commoning, and also a cultural m

inority native to the area. They are closely associated with the New Forest pony. In 2020, there were about 700 New Forest commoners. Areas of common land in and around the New Forest are linked to established historical rights, some dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. These include rights of pasture, mast, marl, turbary, sheep-grazing, and fuelwood. The landowners entitled to these rights – often...

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