Westward path (C) Roger Jones

TL4702 : Westward path

taken 7 years ago, near to Fiddlers Hamlet, Essex, Great Britain

Westward path

Sunlight breaks through on a path leading west, note the old hornbeam pollard on the right of the picture.

Gernon Bushes

This Essex Wildlife Trust site is the last remnant of the old Coopersale Common that once linked Epping Lower Forest along the hill ridge to Ongar Park.

The woodland consists of birch, immature Oak and many old hornbeam pollards and was originally common wood pasture used by cattle, pigs and deer.

Coopersale common is in the Civil Parish of Theydon Garnon; the names "Gernon" and "Garnon" are alternate spellings of the old family name family of Gernon, who held the capital manor from the 13th century. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the parish was known also as Coopersale.

References:
Essex Wildlife Trust: Link
British History Online (Theydon Garnon): Link

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Grid Square: TL4702, 51 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Roger Jones (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Saturday, 29 September, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 29 September, 2012
Geographical Context: Paths Woodland, Forest
Near (from Tags): Epping Forest
Place (from Tags): Coopersale Theydon Garnon Gernon Bushes
County (from Tags): Essex
Subject Location: OSGB36: TL 4787 0248 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:42.0952N 0:8.3044E
Camera Location: OSGB36: TL 4790 0247
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)