“The Holly and the Ivy”: Forest Vert
ANHSO meeting 1771
Forests (and chases) were areas over which land use was regulated to provided cover and forage for hunting quarry – mainly deer. Special laws, courts and officers ensured that vegetation cover (‘vert’) contained adequate supplies of holly, ivy and other berry-bearrng plants for winter deer-feed, which, with measures to enable deer to move freely, produced very distinctive landscapes over the large areas of England subject to Forest Law.
Dr. Langton was official fellow in geography at St. John’s College and lecturer in human geography in the Oxford University School of Geography and Environment 1980-2009.
Date:
5 December 2017, 19:45 (Tuesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue:
The Old School Room, St Peter's Church, First Turn, Wolvercote, OX2 8AQ.
Speaker:
Dr John Langton (St John's College, Oxford)
Organiser:
Christopher Hoskin (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
publicity@anhso.org.uk
Part of:
Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire - Indoor Meetings
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
ANHSO Members Free, Visitors £2
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Christopher Hoskin
