Lickey, The Woods c.1965
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L215018
More about this scene
This view could be Cofton Woods, Pinfield Wood or Lickey Warren, among others. In the Middle Ages the whole area was densely wooded with patches of heathland and small clearings for agriculture and settlement. It was Royal Forest for a time, but it was confirmed as common land by Edward I. However, just as the railway in 1840 opened up the Lickeys to day trippers, local landowners were enclosing land to keep the public out. The Birmingham Association for the Preservation of Open Spaces was formed to fight against encroachment, and Birmingham Corporation gradually acquired much of the area, partly through donations from the Cadburys. Eventually, almost the whole of the wooded area of the Lickeys was preserved for the public.
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