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3 unusual facts about Grovely Wood


Great Wishford

On this day, Great Wishford villagers claim their ancient rights to collect wood from Grovely Wood.

Grovely Wood

An image on Purbeck marble found at Steeple Langford in 1857, a portrait of a man wearing a long robe, with a horn hanging from his left shoulder, may be of Alan de Langford, Verderer of Grovely Wood at the end of the 13th century.

Adjacent to Grovely, to the north, lies the grassland Site of Special Scientific Interest Ebsbury Down.


Festive ecology

Accounts of other traditional customs on 29 May are usually linked to Royal Oak Day (Oak Apple Day) and include the surviving customary rights in Grovely Wood at Great Wishford, Wiltshire, and Garland King Day at Castleton (Derbyshire).


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