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GEN:
Extensive areas of {\it P. aquilinum}-covered slopes grading upwards to dry {\it Ulex gallii} heath, with acid grassland patches.

ANOTES:
Several paths, tracks, and a minor road, cross the common and these is open public access to walkers, riders, etc..  Well-frequented by the public, but not to the extent of CL26 (the area of Haytor Rocks) to the west.

SOURCE:
Dartmoor National Park Colour Air Photo No. 37 (1992).
Field survey.

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons Schedule. No entries finalized. Provisional entries (38) for sheep, cattle and ponies. Other provisional rights - Turbary (5), Estovers (4), Rights in the soil (1), Straying ONTO this unit (no other rights) - (24).
Grazing cross-references:  CLs 25,58,81,26,69,103,27,68,105,106,107,124.
Straying cross-references: CLs 26,103,58,81,68,70,124,223.
 
In Dartmoor National Park and ESA area.
Contiguous with CLs 25, 103.


GEN:
The Headon China clay works takes up a large part of this common. The rest is acid grassland or scrub.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by three private owners. Remainder is unclaimed.

ANOTES:
4 bridleways pass across CL 190 from a point on the B 3417 and then upslope onto CL189.

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons schedule.  One entry of rights 'in gross'. No entries finalized.
Provisional entries (19). Provisional Rights of pasture (10) for sheep, cattle, ponies, NFU units, geese, pigs. Estovers (8), Turbary, Rights in the soil, piscary, Straying ONTO this unit (no other rights) (9). Straying FROM this unit (4) to CLs 115,205,164,188.
Straying cross-references: to CLs 205,115,112,191,164,113,190.
Grazing cross-references: to CLs 205, 115, 37,56,83,93,112,164,191,236,190,240,195.

Contiguous with CLs 190,205,115.


GEN:
3 spearate blocks of commonland on the western fringes of Dartmoor, supporting mainly acid grassland with {\it Ulex europaeus}, but also sizeable tracts of {\it P. aquilinum} and deciduous woodland. Dewerstone Wood lies within a National Trust reserve.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by Lord Mayor  Aldermen and Citizens of Plymouth  The National Trust  and two private owners. Part remains unclaimed.

ANOTES:
The public have open access to most of the common. Several minor roads pass through and there are tracks and footpaths. Parking areas exist on Yennadon Down and parts of Wigford Down, but not on Lynch Common. People are probably attracted to the Yennadon area by the reservoir nearby. Sightseeing and picknicking are also popular in the environs of Cadover Bridge in the West of Wigford Down.

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons schedule.
No entries finalized. Provisional entries (132)
Provisional rights of pasture: (82) - sheep, cattle, ponies and NFU units. Tillage (1), Rights in the soil (45), Picary (6), Taking wild animals, birds, fruits (2), Estovers (61), Turbary (60), Pannage (1), Straying ONTO this unit (no other rights) (40), Straying FROM this unit (to CLs 112,36,85,194,192,38,164,188,93 and parts of this unit) (39).
Grazing cross-references to: CLs 19,33,64,67,68,69,70,73,84,85,96,97,109,112,134,
135,146,148,153,155,156,161,162,164,173,176,180,
187,188,190,192,194,195,36,193,210,215,236,271,
56,83,86,38,93,189.
Straying cross-references to: CLs 112,189,93,83,85,37,194,192,164,188,236.

In Dartmoor National Park and ESA area.
Part owned by National Trust.
Includes Burrator Quarries Geological SSSI.
and Shaugh Prior Woods SSSI.


GEN:
An upland common of acid grassland, heath and mire that straddles the B3357 and includes Great Mis Tor and King Tor. There is also a smaller section above Burrator Reservoir.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by Lord Mayor  Aldermen and Citizens of Plymouth and one private owner. Remainder is unclaimed.

ANOTES:
Open access land by agreement with landowners. This agreement can be withdrawn. A bridleway passes E to W across the common S of King's Tor and a footpath follows the common boundary to the top of Great Mis Tor.
The common is widely used for recreation. Car park areas are found to the S of the common on the Yelverton-Princeton road, near Sharpitor and two on the Princeton-Tavistock road. All were well used at the time of survey. 

Some of the trackways on the common are included in a DNP recommended off-road cycle route.

The northernmost part (that includes Greena Ball) is part of the Merrivale Military Range which may restrict access during live firing. See the leaflet entitled 'Dartmoor Military Ranges and Training areas - a guide for walkers' from the National Park offices. Special byelaws apply.

SOURCE:
Field survey.
English Nature Heather condition maps.

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons Schedule. 7 apportionments registered. No entries finalized.
Provisional entries (147). Provisional Rights of Pasture: (46) - Sheep, cattle, ponies, units (NFU). Estovers (34), Turbary (33), Rights in the soil (32), Piscary (2), Straying ONTO this unit (no other rights - except where estovers and rights in the soil also ) (93), Straying FROM this unit (to CLs 3,36,37,38,85,164,188,191,194, and the remainder of this unit) (13).
Grazing cross-references to CLs 19, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 84, 85, 96, 97, 109, 112, 134, 135, 146, 148, 153, 155, 156, 161, 164 173, 176, 180, 187, 188, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 36, 37, 38, 218, 93, 83, 86, 56, 3.
Straying cross-references to CLs 37,36,38,191,193,194,112,188,125,126,48,3,210,84,85,86,83,56,64,164.
Many entries relate to part of this unit only. Some register grazing over part with straying to remainder of this unit.

Measured area smaller than registered area.

In Dartmoor National Park and ESA area.
Contiguous with CLs 164,194.


GEN:
Long area of upland common land extending from the south margins of Dartmoor approx. 6 miles into the heart of the moor.  Very similar to the adjacent CL 156 in character.  Supports acid grassland, dry heath, marshy grassland and blanket bog.  Bounded to the west by the River Erme.

ANOTES:
There is free public access to the CL.  Access points include Harford Moor Gate, Stoford Bridge and various farm lanes in the south of the CL.  The Two Moors Way starts in nearby Ivybridge and follows the ridge northwards between this CL and CL 156 adjacent to it.  Walking, mountain biking and horse riding occur.  Most of the footpaths are grassy with few signs of erosion.  The area around Butterdon, Piles Hill and Sharp Tor is probably most visited.

SOURCE:
DNP 1992 Colour Air Photography.
DNP Habitat and Management Map.
DNP Heather Condition Map.
Field survey.

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons Schedule. All entries disputed. No final entries.
Provisional entries (104). Provisional Rights of pasture (37) - sheep, cattle, ponies and NFU units. Other provisional rights: Estovers (36), Straying ONTO this unit (no other rights) (58), Straying FROM this unit (6), Turbary (36), Rights in the soil (27), Piscary (3), Pannage (1).
Grazing cross-references to: 19, 33, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 84, 85, 96, 97, 109, 112, 134, 135, 146, 148, 153, 155, 156, 161, 162, 164, 173, 176, 180, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 194, 210, 218, 115, 189, 56, 83, 86, 193.
Straying cross-references to: 161,164,162,187,115,113,112.
Straying FROM this unit is to CLs: 156, 161, 164, 112, 56, 83, 84, 85, 86,  210,
Case heard July 1984 - no decision on Commons Schedule.

In Dartmoor National Park and ESA area.
Contiguous commons: 112,260,156.

Intensively grazed, esp. in south of CL on dry heath and acid grassland.  {\it Molinia} vegetation in north moderately grazed.


GEN:
An attractive strip of woodland on the outskirts of Barnstaple, on a steep slope overlooking the Taw Estuary.

ANOTES:
Adjoins a housing estate and crossed by a footpath which leads towards the centre of Barnstaple (via Barnstaple-Bideford Coast Path and Cycleway).  The common is obviously much used by the public and there is a network of small paths through the wood.

GNOTES:
Measured area greater than registered area.
No rights.


GEN:
This CL unit is in 3 sections around the village of Postbridge and includes grassland and valley mire.

ANOTES:
The larger section to the W. of Postbridge straddles a bridleway, with {\it de facto} general access. The Pizwell section borders onto a minor road. The Middle Merripit section straddles a minor road and is grazed.

GNOTES:
NB CL218 is actually 3 small pieces of land despite the title.

Rights: Taken from Commons Schedule. One apportionment registered. No entries finalized.
Provisional entries (16).Provisional Rights of pasture (11) - sheep, cattle, ponies, donkeys.
Other provisional rights: Straying (only) onto this common (4), Straying onto other commons (4), Turbary (9), Piscary (5), Rights in the Soil (9), Taking wild animals, birds and fruit etc. (2).
Cross references to: CLs 164,18,19,131,176,73,134,162,180,146,153,161,187,
156,64,67,68,69,70,84,85,96,97,109,112,134,135,
148,155,162,173,188,191,192,194,195.
The two entries to which Piscary, Straying rights and 'Taking wild animals' etc. relate (and which account for large numbers of cross-referenced Common Land units) have been cancelled from most units here cross-referenced - not mentioned in the register. 
In DNP and ESA.

Measured area larger than registered area.


GEN:
An area of dry dwarf shrub heath covering the Little Haldon Plateau with {\it Quercus robur}, {\it Fraxinus excelsior} and wet {\it Salix caprea} woodland grading into {\it Ulex europaeus} scrub.

OWNERS:
Part owned by National Trust. Further 5 parts owned by a total of 16 private owners. Part registered under the Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
The site is crossed by the B3192 and several smaller roads.  From these, there are 4 car parking facilities, the largest of which has picnic tables.  A few paths from these have been maintained but generally there is no formal access across the common.

SOURCE:
SSSI citation: Haldon Moors.
National Trust Biological Survey 1990.
Site visit.

GNOTES:
5 rights entries have been cancelled.
SSSI Little Haldon Heaths.


GEN:
Most of this common is now highly disturbed land arising from the Shaugh Lake China Clay Works with fresh and old spoil heaps. Some acid grassland and {\it Ulex} sp. present.

ANOTES:
No official footpaths or bridleways. A small section of the SW corner may fall within the Access Land (see 1:25,000 Dartmoor Outdoor Leisure 28).

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons schedule.

The Commons Commissioners have treated this common as with Shaugh Prior Commons - it is contiguous with CL190 over which the rights have been registered and decisions already made.
Land is confirmed without modification.
All refence to Piscary, Stone - deleted.
Therefore 12 entries - grazing for NFU units (and straying to other commons) to be final.

Measured area is larger than registered area.


GEN:
This common is a stretch of the River Plym from the Plym bridge south to Longbridge in the outskirts of Plymouth.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by Secretary of State for Defence  Plymouth City Council and one private owner. Part registered under Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
A footpath follows the river down to Plymouth crossing and re-crossing via several bridges. Also Plym Valley Cycle Way passes nearby.
Part of the river is used by Royal Naval canoeists with 'slalom' gates.

SOURCE:
Field survey.
National Trust Biological survey.

GNOTES:
One right of Piscary.
Litter in river and on banks in some areas.

The National Trust owns and manages Plym Bridge woods adjacent to the river.

Woodland Trust owns Leigham Wood to west of CL278.


GEN:
An area of grassland, formerly the site of Plaster Down Camp near Tavistock.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by The Ministry of Defence. Now owned by Devon County Council.

ANOTES:
This is 'Access Land' over which the public can pass freely. This is by agreement with the landowners, an agreement which can be withdrawn.

During survey the common was being used for walking and golf practice.

GNOTES:
Rights:  Taken from Commons Schedule. One apportionment registered. Most rights entries are by application of Trustees of Whitchurch Commoners Association. These are all cross-referenced to CL 84 only.

Final entries (82). Rights of pasture (Final) (81),  Sheep (76), Cattle (75), Ponies (43).
Other final rights: Estovers (79), Turbary (79), Rights in the Soil (79), Straying to other commons (2), Straying only on this common (1).

Provisional entries (3). Provisional Rights of pasture (3) - sheep, cattle and ponies.
Provisional other rights: Estovers (3), Turbary (3), Rights in the soil (3), Straying to other commons (1).

Decision received - register not yet amended.
One provisional entry (grazing, estovers, turbary, rights in the soil) cancelled.
2 entries conflict
Confirmed entry with cross-reference to CL84 only.

For current situation refer to register. 

Contiguous with CL 84.


GEN:
A large open common with much acid grassland and gorse, with widespread recreational use. The northernmost section of the site is an SSSI- a 'herb-rich valley mire'.

OWNERS:
Owned by former Tavistock Rural District Council.

ANOTES:
Much of Whitchurch Down is 'Access Land' which is open for use by the public for recreation by agreement with the landowners. This agreement can be withdrawn. Some minor roads and one B road cross the site. The western end has many designated footpaths.

GRAZINT:
Fairly heavily grazed over most of the Common.

SOURCE:
Field survey.
SSSI Citation- Whitchurch Down.

GNOTES:
Rights:  (Taken from Commons Schedule)
6 apportionments registered 
Final entries - 0
Provisional entries were finalized in 1984 but register not updated by time of Commons schedule. Several entries cancelled or adjourned - consult
register for current situation
Provisional entries (100) 
Rights of pasture (82)  - sheep, cattle, ponies, stock units.
Othe rights: Straying ONTO this common (18), Starying FROM this common (43), Turbary (67), Rights in the soil (51), Piscary (3), Estovers (67)
CLs cross-referenced: 36,37,236,112,115,191,189,210,83,84,85,56,164,
192,194,3,193,93,125,126,48.


GEN:
A large common on the west side of Dartmoor with some M25 grassland to the N. of Sourton and an upland area of {\it P. aquilinum} infested grassland and rock exposure on Sourton Tors.

ANOTES:
All Access Land. Bridleways come up from the A386 and cross the slopes of Sourton Tors.

SOURCE:
NVC Phase II map of N Dartmoor SSSI (NVC 1987).
DNP 1992 Airphotos. Very brief field survey.

GNOTES:
Contiguous commons CL 135, 96.
In DNP, and ESA. Most of CL97 is in N.Dartmoor SSSI.

Rights: Taken from Commons Schedule.

Provisional entries (142), Rights of Pasture (117) ( sheep, cattle, ponies and 'units' NFU scale). Estovers (126), Turbary (126), Rights in the soil (119), Piscary (65), Shooting (11), Taking wild birds, animals, fruit (2)
Pannage (2), Straying FROM this unit (62)

Direction received but register not amended. All reference to piscary, shooting, pannage, taking wild animals, fruit, birds cancelled. All straying ONTO this common cancelled but entrants can re-apply for grazing. All remaining entries become subject to the provision that rights are modified to the extent necessary for 'N. Devon Water Board' to exercize their easements and rights. Register may be amended by date of this report (1997) and other changes made - see Register.


GEN:
CL 175 has a mixture of mire, heath and upland grassland communities.

ANOTES:
A minor road and official bridleways pass across Malmsmead Hill.

GRAZINT:
Parts of the common are heavily grazed and there has been considerable wheel-rutting in the past.

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons Schedule. 2 apportionments registered. Entries finalized (18). Final Rights of Pasture (14),  Sheep (17), Cattle (18), Ponies (18), Estovers (4), Turbary (17). Provisional Rights of pasture: (19) for units (NFU). Provisional other rights: Turbary (12), Estovers (5), Rights in the soil (2)
All cross-references to CL168.
Contiguous with CL 168
In Exmoor National Park and ESA area.
SSSI.


GEN:
This common is a mixture of acid grassland, heath and invasive {\it P. aquilinum}.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by two private owners. Remainder owned by the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Citizens of City of Plymouth.

ANOTES:
This is 'Access Land' with open access for the public by agreement with the landowners. This agreement can be withdrawn.
Several bridleways cross the common.

Part of this common is crossed by a DNP recommended off-road cycle route.

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons Schedule. 2 apportionments registered. Current state of register - not yet amended. No entries finalized.
Provisional entries (59). Provisional rights of pasture (29) - sheep, cattle, ponies, NFU units, geese. Estovers (33), Turbary (31), Piscary (2), Rights in soil (30), Take wild animals, birds, fruit (2), Straying ONTO this unit (no other rights) (20), Straying FROM this unit (11).
Most entries relate to part of this unit. Straying may be from 1 part of this common to another.
Grazing cross-references to CLs: 19,64,67,68,69,70,73,84,85,96,97,109,112,134,135,146,148,153,155,156,161,162,164,173,176,180,187,
190,191,192,194,195,83,86,193,218,210.
Straying cross-references to CLs 191,164,112,192,38,93,115.
Rights to stray FROM this unit relates to : CLs 191,192,190,pt188,56.

Decision (not in regieter) 10 entries confirmed, modified to extend to whole unit (where grazing is over part only) and to exclude ' straying to remainder of this unit and to .....'
49 entries including Venville claims and all straying rights - cancelled.
Reference to Sheepstor Commoners' Association.

In Dartmoor National Park and ESA area.
Contiguous with Commons 164, 190.

Measured area much less than registered area.


GEN:
Several small fields of diverse marshy/neutral grassland separated by overgrown hedges and patches of scrub.

ANOTES:
Separated from the road by a rough track and three gates, and not close to any large population centres, so probably not much used.

GNOTES:
3 rights of pasture for cattle.  No other rights (but note evidence of sheep-grazing at present).


GEN:
5 sections of improved and semi-improved land around Chagford.

OWNERS:
From Commons Schedule: ' 2 owners registered as final being undisputed 1972 - incorrect as land still provisional'.

ANOTES:
The largest area has access to recreation facilities and the area nearest to the Chagford has a footpath that passes from the village to 'Padley Common' (which is not registered Common land).

GNOTES:
Rights: Taken from Commons schedule.
4 apportionments registered. No entries finalized. Provisional entries (47), Rights of pasture (45) for sheep, cattle, ponies, NFU units, geese, ducks.  Other provisional rights: Straying ONTO this unit (1), Straying FROM this unit (to CLs 19,134,164,148) (16), Shooting (2), Estovers (11), Rights in the soil (6), Turbary (14), Piscary (1). Grazing Cross-references to CLs: 19, 134, 164, 173, 176. Straying cross-references to 173. Most entries cross-referenced to CL 173 only. Rights relate to this unit (CL174) for Aug 6th to Nov 6th (or 3 months after harvesting crops) only. Increases pressure on CL173 etc. for the rest of the year. Many entries relate to parts of other units only.

In Dartmoor National Park and ESA area.


GEN:
An ancient hill fort supporting improved grassland with unimproved and semi-improved calcareous grassland on the ramparts and steep slopes, locally with scattered scrub.

OWNERS:
Part owned by HRH Charles Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall. Remainder owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
Poundbury camp is situated adjacent to a minor road on the outskirts of Dorchester. The common has a public right of access under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925, lying in a former Urban Borough? There are a number of stiles with dog gates in the boundary fences.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SNCI survey (Dorset Environmental Records Centre 1991/92), English Nature Grassland survey 18.07.84, 'Dorset Commons and Greens' R. Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Part of the common is an Site of Nature Conservation Interest. It is separated from CL14 by the River Frome. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of former flood meadow crossed by a network of ditches, supporting species-poor, semi-improved neutral/improved grassland? locally with tall ruderal vegetation.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by three private owners. Part owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
There are no public rights of way on the common. There is access to the river bank for fishing from CL14 south of the railway line?

SOURCE:
Limited site visit, 'Dorset commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are eight rights of pasture on the common as follows; dairy cows (1), dairy cows, horses and heifers (5), dairy cows and horses (1) and dairy cows and heifers (1). One right is held partly in gross. One owner is a rightholder. Two entries relate to only part of the unit. Grazing is limited: cows from 6th to 14th August; other stock from 15th August to 1st November. The rights are cross-referenced as follows; 8 with CL35, 7 with CL14, 5 with CLs 73 and 142 and 3 with CL147. The common is contiguous with CLs 35 and 147. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
A large area of predominantly unimproved and species-rich acid grassland with scattered bracken and scrub (the easternmost area has been improved) with areas of species-rich marshy grassland on the lower slopes and valleys and two small valley mires.

ANOTES:
Corfe castle common is subdivided by the Swanage railway, the A351, the B3069 and a metalled track. It is crossed by four public footpaths and two public bridlepaths. The common enjoys open access under the ownership of the National Trust.

SOURCE:
Site visit, EN SSSI citation and file including NVC grassland survey (Porley, 17/19.07.90), Phase 1 survey (McGibbon, 1982) and Invertebrate Site Register entry; National Trust Biological Survey report, Corfe Castle and common, 1983; 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg, 1995; 'A survey of Corfe Common' DERC, 1993.

GNOTES:
There are fifteen rights of pasture on the common for animals (2), horses or cows (7), horses (1), beasts (4) and horses or bullocks (1). Four rights are held in gross. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. The common is continuous with CL 44. A large part of the common forms the Corfe Common Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved acid grassland.

OWNERS:
Owned by one private owner. Now owned by the National Trust.

ANOTES:
A public bridlepath crosses the common and a public footpath leads off from the edge of the common. The common enjoys open access under the ownership of the National Trust.

SOURCE:
Site visit, EN SSSI citation and file including NVC grassland survey (Porley, 17/19.07.90), Phase 1 survey (McGibbon, 1982) and Invertebrate Site Register entry; National Trust Biological Survey report, 'Corfe Castle and common' (1983); 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg, (1995).

GNOTES:
There are seven rights of pasture on this common as follows; animals (1), beasts (4), horse or bullocks (1) and horses or cattle (1). The common is contiguous with CL 34. It lies within the Corfe Common Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A series of fields supporting semi-improved neutral grassland (locally species-poor and locally improved with scattered tall ruderal vegetation) with small areas of tall ruderal vegetation and an area of amenity grassland with playground.

OWNERS:
Four parts owned separately by four private owners, one part owned jointly by two private owners, part owned by the National Trust, part by the Official Custodian for Charities and part by the Salisbury Diocesan Board and Finance.

ANOTES:
Middle Halves is crossed by five public footpaths. There is a childrens playground on the northern end.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture for 3 animals over part of the unit. The common lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing on the common, a childrens playground and some abandoned machinery. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area on the southern side of the Purbeck ridge supporting much continuous scrub on the steep lower slopes with pockets of unimproved and semi-improved calcareous and neutral grassland with pockets of continuous scrub on the gentler upper slopes.

OWNERS:
Owned by one private owner (now owned by the National Trust).

ANOTES:
Ailwood Down is crossed by two public bridlepaths. The Purbeck Ridge is very popular for recreation with fine view to the north and south.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SNCI survey (1991?, Dorset Environmental Records Centre), National Trust Biological Survey 'Corfe Castle Estate' 1982/83, 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on the common for 70 sheep cross referenced with CL139. One easement is claimed for grazing 50 sheep and 10 cattle and collecting gorse and furze. Part of the common is a Site Of Nature Conservation Importance and the whole lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A small area of semi-natural {\it Betula pendula} woodland.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to a minor road. There are no public rights of way on the common.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. There is one claim to a lease for the minerals on this unit. The common lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
Ramparts supporting semi-improved neutral grassland, locally with scattered scrub and trees, with small areas of broadleaved woodland and continuous scrub and an adjoining area of swamp.

ANOTES:
The Town Walls walk runs along the common. Minor roads run alongside the ramparts and the common is divided by the B3070. The triangle of land on top of the walls to the north-east is used as a play area. Part has been tarmacked to provide parking.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citaiton and site file including Phase 1 survey of part 11-12.10.84, 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg, 1995.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. It is contiguous with CL 23. Part of the site lies within the Wareham Meadows Site of Special Scientific Interest. Part has been tarmacked as a car park. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting species-rich marshy grassland and semi-improved and unimproved neutral grassland (locally semi-improved acid and locally improved) with blocks of scrub and drains with standing water, bordering the River Piddle.

ANOTES:
Wareham common is crossed by three public footpaths one of which forms part of the Wareham Forest Way. The A351, a track and the railway line divide the common. The common enjoys a degree of open access with people seen walking on various parts off the rights of way. There is a public right of access for 'air and excercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925? (Dorset Commons and Greens, 1995).

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file (including grassland surveys R.Porley, 1989, 1988 and A.Chamberlain, 1988), 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg, 1995.

GNOTES:
There are six rights of pasture on the common as follows; horses and beasts (3), cattle (1), animals (1) and horses, cows and 'other beasts' (1). One right is held partly in gross and the owner has a right registered for cattle and rights to the ownership of soil. Since registration part has been exchanged under the Wareham By-Pass Compulsory Purchase Order (1973). Part of the common is designated as Wareham Common Site of Special Scientific Interest. The common is contiguous with CL 22 and CL 136. An adjoining field has encroached on the common and there is internal fencing.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland?

OWNERS:
Part owned by Wessex Water Authority. Part owned by one private owner. Remainder owned by one private owner.

ANOTES:
There are no public rights of way over this common. There is a public right of access for 'air and excercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925? (Dorset Commons and Greens, 1995).

SOURCE:
Brief site visit, 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg, 1995.

GNOTES:
There are three rights of pasture as follows; cattle or horses (2) and horses or beasts (1). One grazing right is limited to only part of the unit and from 1st August to 6th April. There are two other rights of estovers relating to a right of foreshare in hay. Two of the rights are held in gross (one part in gross). One of the owners is a rightholder claiming rights which pertain to the absolute ownership of soil together with grazing rights and a right to hay. The common adjoins CL23.


GEN:
An area of extensively quarried former heathland supporting coniferous plantation, mixed and semi-natural? broadleaved woodland, continuous scrub, improved/semi-improved neutral and acid grassland, continuous bracken with scattered scrub and a few areas of relict heath.

ANOTES:
Ford Heath is crossed by two minor roads, a short length of little used public footpath and a public bridlepath which is completely obstructed by the quarrying activities. A network of tracks associated with the quarrying cross the common.

SOURCE:
Limited site visit, SSSI citation and site file including 1983 Phase 1 survey, county Phase 1 survey 1982/83, 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. A small part of the common lies within the Worgret Heath Site of Special Scientific Interest. Much of the common has, or is being quarried with other parts enclosed and agriculturally improved and part supporting a conifer plantation. The measured area is more than twice the register area.


OWNERS:
Part registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. Part unclaimed.


OWNERS:
Part owned by Official Custodian for Charities. 27 entries detailing total of 35 private owners. 3 parts under The Land Registration Acts


OWNERS:
Part owned by Hampshire County Council.  Remainder owned jointly by two private owners.


GEN:
This common comprises a number of sections supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland, continuous scrub, continuous bracken with scattered scrub and pockets of unimproved acid grassland and wet and dry dwarf-shrub heath.

ANOTES:
Chewton Common is subdivided by the A337 and four minor roads. It is crossed by four public footpaths and some other paths. The northern heath section has the greatest recreational use. The common has a public right of access for 'air and exercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act, 1925.

SOURCE:
Site visit, county Phase 1 survey (1982).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common is a Dorset Site of Nature Conservation Interest. Some localised dumping of garden refuse was noted and there are electricity sub-stations on the common. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting wet and dry dwarf shrub heath with an area of bog, with scattered mixed trees and locally bracken, and areas of semi-natural broadleaved, mixed and coniferous woodland and a small area of coniferous plantation.

ANOTES:
Sopley Common is subdivided by the A338 and a minor road. It is crossed by a public footpath and a public bridlepath. There are numerous other paths on the northern part with a permissive bridlepath. There are erosion problems on the latter part caused by motorbike scrambling/mountain biking? There is a Forestry Commission car park to the south of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Town Common SSSI citation and site file including Phase 1 survey (1983), Sopley common - short management plan (1991), Sopley common Nature Reserve Management Plan, S. Smith (1994, including Phase 1 survey) and miscellaneous DWT records.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture for cattle and horses (1) and cattle, horses and donkeys (1). Other rights include twenty-nine rights of estovers, thirty-one rights of turbary and six rights of Common in Soil. Rights of estovers included one right to take tree loppings, gorse, furze and underwood and one right to a Christmas tree. Common in soil rights are for sand and gravel. There are 23 claims to shoot rabbit and duck and 3 claims of rights to shoot. The common adjoins CL 18 (ex. Hamps). The majority of the common lies within the Town Common Site of Special Scientific Interest and is also a Dorset Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Some dumped rubbish was noted on the common.


GEN:
An area comprising an extensive area of wet and dry dwarf shrub heath, locally with scattered conifers and scrub with small areas of woodland and an area of former quarry workings and two areas of marshy, unimproved and semi-improved neutral grassland, with an area of swamp adjacent to the River Avon.

ANOTES:
Town Common is subdivided by the A338 and crossed by a number of paths and tracks. It is crossed by two public bridlepaths. It is bisected by a dismantled railway (now a track). Town Common enjoys open access (also Coward's Marsh and Ogber?). There is a right of access for "air and excercise" under section 193 of the Law of Property Act, 1925? (Dorset Commons and Greens, 1995).

SOURCE:
MAP 1 - Site visit, Town common SSSI citation and site file including 1994 Site Management Statement of part (J.Cox) and Phase 1 survey 1983.

MAP 2 - Site visit, Avon Valley SSSI citation and site file including 1986 Phase 1 survey and Site Management Statements. "Dorset Commons and Greens", R. Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights of pasture on the common as follows; horses (4), horses, cattle and donkeys (2), cattle (1), and horses and cattle (1). There are two rights of estover, four rights of turbary and two rights of Common in Soil (sand/gravel). Rights relate to different areas of the common (5 on Coward's Marsh, 5 on Ogber and 3 on Town Common). Grazing varies, Cowards Marsh: 21st May to 12th August and 2nd October to 14th February; Ogber: 12th August to 14th February. Town common is mostly subject to non-grazing rights. The common is contiguous with CLs 26, 158 and 159 (ex Hampshire). Part of the common lies within the Avon Valley (Bisterne to Christchurch) Site of Special Scientific Interest (also RAMSAR and Special Protection Area). This part also lies within the Avon Valley Environmentally Sensitive Area. The remainder largely lies within the Town common Site of Special Scientific Interest also proposed as a Special Protection Area. There is internal fencing on the common (Ogber and Coward's Marsh). There was some dumped manure on the heathland part of the common east of the dismantled railway and there is a rifle range on the common. A conifer plantation has encroached on the northern end. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting diverse, semi-natural broadleaved woodland with an area of scrub and tall ruderal vegetation and an area incorporated into a garden.

ANOTES:
Haythorne common is crossed by a minor road and access tracks to properties. There is a small parking area on the common for local properties. A single public footpath crosses the common and a second runs adjacent to part.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. There are six claims to rights of access over this unit. A garden has encroached on part of the common.


GEN:
An area supporting broadleaved woodland and continuous scrub with two clearings supporting dry, dwarf-shrub heath.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by two tracks. There are no public rights of way on the common but a well used path runs along the eastern edge.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI site file and citation including 1990 and 1993-98 East Dorset DC management plans.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry on this common including the rights of pasture for cows, turbary, estover, and one right to take and use water. The right of estovers is for gorse and furze. The rights are cross-referenced with CLs 81 and 82. The common is contiguous with CLs 81 and 82 (Dorset). Parts of the common lie within the Verwood Heaths Site of Special Scientific Interest and it is also a Local Nature Reserve. The measured area is much less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of former heathland, the majority of which had been recently burnt (with bare ground, scattered bracken, tall ruderal vegetation and scrub) with a small area of marshy grassland and fringing broadleaved woodland and scrub.

ANOTES:
There are no public rights of way on the common which adjoins a track and disused railway. A second track crosses the northern end. The common enjoys open access and there are a number of well used paths. One area is apparently used for training horses and the 1990 management plan refers to setting aside an area for BMX bikes.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI site file and citation including 1990 and 1993-98 E. Dorset DC management plans.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry on this common including the rights of pasture for cows, estover, turbary and one right to take and use water. The right of estovers is for gorse or furze. The common is contiguous with CLs 50, 81 and 323 (Dorset). Much of the common lies within the Verwood Heaths Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is also a Local Nature Reserve. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
Three separate areas supporting semi-improved neutral and acid? grassland (locally with scattered scrub) and broadleaved woodland (largely semi-natural?).

ANOTES:
The three parts of Sutton Common are situated along the B3081 which crosses the common in places. A minor road, a few private access tracks and three public footpaths also cross the common. Recreational use is low.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SNCI survey (undated - early 1990's?).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. Two small parts of the common lie within the Sutton common and Boys Wood/Kings Wood Sites of Nature Conservation Importance. Part of the common has been enclosed. The measured area is less than one third of the register area.


GEN:
A small area within a much larger area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a single public footpath.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Ancient Woodland Survey Boys Wood/The Inclosure, A.Chamberlain (03.08.88), Dorset SNCI Survey 1991?, Butterfly Site Register, K.Kirby field notes? (1988).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common lies within the Boys Wood/Kings Wood Site of Nature Conseration Importance. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
A number of strips of common land around a network of lanes and tracks, largely comprising semi-natural broadleaved woodland with small areas of marshy and semi-improved neutral grassland (locally with scattered broadleaved trees), coniferous plantation and continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
This common comprises a number of strips of land along a network of lanes and tracks. A few access tracks, four public footpaths and two public bridlepaths cross the common. There is an additional path used as a bridlepath on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SNCI description (Dorset Environmental Records Centre).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Part of the common is a Site of Nature Conservation Importance (Little and Crendell commons). Dumped garden rubbish, rubble and timber were noted on the common. There is some internal fencing and a garden has encroached on the common. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting acid, dry dwarf shrub heath and coniferous and mixed woodland.

OWNERS:
Land registered under The Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
The common appears to enjoy open access with use for walking and cycling. The common adjoins a disused railway to the north which is now a cycleway.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file including 1982/83 Phase 1 survey.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common lies within the Lions Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest.


GEN:
Two sections of common land supporting a large area of semi-natural coniferous woodland and small areas of wet and dry dwarf shrub heath.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Hampshire County Council. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
The northern part of Leybrook Common is situated at the intersection of the A338 and the A31. There are no public rights of way on this section but there are a number of well used paths and accesses from the gardens of adjoining properties. The southern section has open public access.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file including Phase 1 surveys, 1982/83 and 24.06.91, 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Part of the common lies within the Hurn common Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole within the Avon Forest Park (DCC). The measured area is greater than the register area.

Leybrook Common originated as exchange land for parts of Sopley and Town Commons (CLs 18 and 26 ex. Hamps.) requisitioned for the building of the A338 in 1967. Part was again exchanged for an area at Matchams View by Dorset County Council to enable the sale of part of the former Leybrook Common for a housing development (1992).


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a few planted trees.

ANOTES:
The common is bordered by the B3081, the A31(T) and Folly Farm Lane. A single public footpath crosses the common.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. It is contiguous with CL 236 (area less than 1ha). The measured area is less than the register area.


OWNERS:
Part registered under The Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
A small area of semi-improved neutral grassland used as a recreation ground.

ANOTES:
The common is reached by a public bridlepath from the B3072. It enjoys open access and is managed as a recreation ground. There is a derelict football pitch on the southern end of the common and local children had built a BMX/mountain bike scrambling track on the northern end of the common and were negotiating with the local council to have a permanent/improved one built. There had been a pavillion on the northern end.

SOURCE:
Site visit, 1982/83 county Phase 1 survey.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
Probably an area of former heathland now supporting semi-improved neutral grassland with a small area of marshy grassland.

ANOTES:
Horton Common is crossed by two tracks, one being a public bridlepath, the other private. A public footpath crosses the common and a second runs along the eastern boundary. The bridlepath and footpath to the east were well used, but the footpath crossing the common difficult to follow.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common is separated from CL16 by a dismantled railway. Horton Farm stands on the common which is subdivided with internal fencing.


GEN:
Fragments of the formerly extensive Horton common supporting wet and dry heath communities, a wet modified bog, continuous and scattered scrub and improved areas supporting semi-improved neutral grassland.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Part registered under The Land Registration Acts. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
The north-eastern section is crossed by a well used public bridlepath and public footpath (also used as a bridlepath) and lies adjacent to a disused railway. There is no public access on the other sections, two of which lie adjacent to a minor road.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Horton Common SSSI citation and site file (including Phase 1 survey, 1983), Holt and West Moors Heaths SSSI citation, Dorset Environmental Records Centre SNCI entry.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Almost two-thirds of the common is designated as SSSI (Horton common SSSI to the north-east and Holt and West Moors Heaths SSSI to the south). A small amount of the remainder is designated SNCI. The common adjoins CL122. Parts of the common have been encroached upon by adjoining fields and there is internal fencing on the common. There is a property on one part of the common. The measured area is more than three times the register area (the large section to the north-east, 26.7ha, was originally not registered?).


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland, crossed by a stream, with bracken and grassy clearings and areas of standing water, semi-improved grassland, continuous scrub and bare ground.

ANOTES:
Holt Wood is crossed by a minor road and three public footpaths. Horse riding takes place on the common and there are other paths besides the rights of way. The common enjoys open access under the ownership of the National Trust.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and file including Holt Heath NNR Management Plan, I.Nicol, D.Kite and M.Heath, (1994) and Survey of Holt Forest and Holt Wood, M.Heath, (28.02.92); Dorset Environmental Records Centre SNCI Survey 1991/92?

GNOTES:
There are seven rights of pasture on the common. Grazing rights are held in units of pasturage (one unit equals one beast or one horse). There are twenty other rights of estovers limited to the collection of dead wood. Much of the common lies within the Holt and West Moors Heaths SSSI and the Holt Heath National Nature Reserve. Another part is a Site of Nature Conservation Importance. There is internal fencing on the common enclosing horse paddocks.


GEN:
A large area of wet and dry dwarf shrub heath with two valley mires (one quite extensive) with fringing areas of woodland and scrub.

ANOTES:
Holt Heath is crossed by three minor roads and an access track to Crooked Withies. It is crossed by numerous public footpaths, particularly on the northern section. There are also a number of permissive and other paths and the common is popular for horse riding which has lead to erosion problems in places (Bull Barrow). Some cycling also takes place. 

The majority of walkers are local people, many using the heath to exercise their dogs. There is limited car parking in the form of three roadside laybys and the Forestry Commission car park off the south-western end of the common. The Portman Hunt are allowed access to the Heath with a maximum of six visits permitted between the 1st October and 31st March (Kite and Heath, 1994).

SOURCE:
Site visits, SSSI citation and site file including 'Holt Heath NNR Management Plan' I.Nicol, D.Kite and M.Heath, 1994.

GNOTES:
There are 15 rights of pasture on the common for cattle and horses. Grazing rights are held in units of pasturage, one unit equalling one beast or one horse. There are 22 rights of estover limited to the collection of dead wood. 15 of the rights entries are cross-referenced as follows; 2 with CL16, 13 with CL18 and 15 with CL19. There are three claims to rights of access over this unit. The majority of the common lies within the Holt and West Moors Heath Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Holt Heath National Nature Reserve. The area is also owned by the National Trust. There are a few encroachments around the periphery of the common, a small area along Newman's Lane being gardened, enclosed areas at Crooked Withies and also in the west at Higher Row and some parked farm machinery on the common at Crooked Withies. There were also some dumped cars. The Management Plan refers to dumping of rubbish and stolen goods and vehicles.


GEN:
A large area of old pasture woodland crossed by a stream with a small area of unimproved neutral grassland and a small pond.

ANOTES:
Holt Forest is divided by two minor roads. Numerous public footpaths cross the common. There are a number of additional paths and many are used for horse riding with logs placed across them for jumps and some poaching. The common enjoys open access under the ownership of the National Trust.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Holt and West Moors Heaths SSSI citation and site file including Holt Heath NNR management plan, 1994 and survey data 28.02.92. 1982/83 county Phase 1 survey.

GNOTES:
There are sixteen rights of pasture on the common for cattle and horses. Grazing rights are held in units of pasturage (one unit equals one beast or one horse). There are twenty-two other rights of estover for the collection of dead wood. The majority of the common lies within the Holt and West Moors Heaths Site of Special Scientific Interest and is also part of the Holt Heath National Nature Reserve. Some stored/dumped farm machinery and crates were noted on the common.


OWNERS:
Owned jointly by Samos Investments and Mysia Investments Ltd.


GEN:
An area dominated by acid, dry dwarf shrub heath with a small mire and small areas of marshy grassland, wet heath, continuous scrub and bracken and semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Owned jointly by Samos Investments and Mysia Investments.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by two waymarked public footpaths (only one of which is marked on the OS 1:50 000 map (1982). There are several other tracks on the common and it is also used for horse riding.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file (including 1983 Phase 1 survey and invertebrate records S.R and G.R.Else, 1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. It is contiguous with CL 162. The majority of the common lies within the Cranborne Common Site of Special Scientific Interest. There is internal fencing and dumping on the common and a small area is being gardened.


GEN:
An area largely supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a grassy clearing and pond with smaller areas supporting semi-improved neutral and amenity grassland, locally with planted trees, and with two ponds supporting swamp vegetation.

ANOTES:
Leigh common is situated on the B3073 and is subdivided by a minor road. It borders a dismantled railway to the north. Several tracks, minor roads and a single public footpath cross the common. The majority of the common is managed as a Local Nature Reseve with a circular path (with boardwalks in parts). There is informal recreation on the western end.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Dorset Environmental Records centre SNCI survey (1990/91).

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture on the common for cows. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. The woodland area of the common is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation and a Local Nature Reserve. There is temporary internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a strip of continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
The western part of the common lies adjacent to a minor road and a public footpath. The latter is also used for horse riding. Many bicycle tracks run through the woodland. The eastern part is bordered by two minor roads and is crossed by a single public footpath. The common enjoys open access under the ownership of the National Trust?

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common.


GEN:
An area supporting dry dwarf shrub heath with scattered bracken (with an area of recently burnt heath), wet and dry heath/acid grassland mosaic (locally with scattered bracken) and a small valley mire, the whole fringed by semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Land registered under The Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. Owned by the Borough of Poole?

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a single public footpath but enjoys open access 'for air and exercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act, 1925. The SSSI management plan (1991-1995) refers to the area being widely used by horse riders and that the public bridleway that used to follow the Roman Road which adjoins the common to the west has been diverted across the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file including 1991-1995 Management Plan, A.P.Leftwich. 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg, 1995.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common lies within the Corfe and Barrow Hills Site of Special Scientific Interest. There is a small enclosure on the common. Considerable amounts of litter were noted to have been tipped in the most northerly depression at the time of writing the management plan (1991).


GEN:
Two areas of common land and connecting track bordering the River Allen and crossed by a number of ditches supporting improved and semi-improved neutral grassland locally with a tall ruderal content, with an area under arable cultivation and an area of marshy grassland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by The National Trust. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
There are no public rights of way on the common. A farm track crosses Hinton Moor and a minor road bisects the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, National Trust Biological Survey of Kingston Lacy Estate 1982/83.

GNOTES:
There are thirteen rights of pasture on the common for cattle (8), animals (2), beasts (1), cattle and horses (1) and Hinton and Pilsmoor quarter right excercised every four years (1 animal). One entry relates to only part of the unit. One entry is limited to between May and October. The common lies within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area under arable cultivation for a variety of crops and grass ley with small areas of broadleaved plantation and locally species-rich hedgerows.

OWNERS:
Formerly owned by one private owner now owned by the National Trust.

ANOTES:
King Down lies adjacent to the B3082 and is crossed by three public bridlepaths and a single public footpath. A second public footpath leads up to the edge of the common in the north. A couple of additional farm tracks also cross the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common lies within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are two buildings, a manure heap, stored silage and straw on the common and internal fencing.


OWNERS:
Owned by Sturminster Marshall Parish Council.


GEN:
An area largely supporting wet, dwarf shrub heath with smaller areas of acid, dry dwarf shrub heath, continuous scrub and scattered bracken and scrub locally with scattered broadleaved trees.

ANOTES:
The common lies between the B3165 and a minor road. It is crossed by a track leading to the Lambert's Castle Hill car park and a single public footpath. There are a few other well used paths on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, National Trust Biological Survey report 'Lambert's Castle Hill and Fishpond Bottom' (1982), SSSI citation and site file.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The majority of the common lies within the Lambert's Castle Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area of acid, dry dwarf shrub heath, locally with continuous bracken and scrub, with a small coniferous plantation.

ANOTES:
Hardown Hill is crossed by three public footpaths, one of which is apparently used by vehicles (EN Phase 1 survey). The common also enjoys open access under the ownership of the National Trust?

SOURCE:
National Trust Biological Survey of Golden Cap Estate (1995), SSSI citation and site file including Phase 1 survey (late 1980's), 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. The majority of the common lies within the Morcombelake Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the West Dorset Heritage Coast. There is a building and Vodafone aerial on the common and a small conifer plantation, both within fenced enclosures. The measured area is less than one quarter of the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous bracken with scattered scrub and pockets of neutral to acid grassland and areas of continuous scrub and broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. The remainder of the land is subject to the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Eype Down is crossed by a minor road and lies adjacent to the A35(T). It is crossed by a three public footpaths and a public bridlepath. The footpath along the eastern boundary was not evident. There are a number of additional paths also.

SOURCE:
Site visit, West Dorset Coast Survey (Eype Down) 07.04.88.

GNOTES:
There are three rights of pasture on the common for sheep (? one including 'tether animals' - not entire males). One entry has grazing limited to between February and July. There is one right of estover to take gorse, one right of herbage and one right to snare rabbits. Two of the rights are registered over part of the unit only. There are also two claims to rights of way over this unit. The common lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the majority also within the West Dorset Heritage Coast. A garden has encroached on the common and there is a small disused car park. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of cliff-top vegetation comprising continuous scrub and coarse, semi-improved neutral grassland (locally unimproved?) with scrub and bracken encroachment in places.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a single, well used public footpath forming part of the Dorset coast path. There is also a path joining in to the public footpath from the caravan park.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file including 1988 Phase 1 survey and Invertebrate Site Register entry (Eype Mouth).

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for 2 dairy cows and 6 sheep. The common lies within the West Dorset Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest, the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the West Dorset Heritage coast.


GEN:
An area under arable cultivation for grass ley and crops with a small area of continuous scrub and coarse semi-improved grassland.

ANOTES:
Beaminster Down is crossed by two minor roads and a farm track. Numerous public bridlepaths criss-cross the Down, a number of which are frequently used.

SOURCE:
Site visit, 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R. Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. The common lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing and a farm building on the common.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous bracken with scattered scrub and locally frequent {\it Vaccinium myrtillus} bordered by two small areas of mature broadleaved plantation.

ANOTES:
A public bridleway runs along the northern edge of the common forming part of the Wessex Ridgeway. A second public bridleway runs along the southern edge and a public footpath also crosses the common (the latter little used).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. It lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland, broadleaved plantation, improved and species-poor, semi-improved neutral grassland and an area of species-rich marshy grassland.

OWNERS:
Land subject to the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Hursey common is subdivided by the B3164 and crossed by a minor road. A public footpath crosses the southern part and there is a small car park on the northern part. An additional path runs from the car park north through the woodland to the village.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. The area to the north of the car park is designated a Dorset Site of Nature Conservation Importance and the whole lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing on the common, a small car park and some dumping of garden waste was noted.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland bounded by intact and defunct, species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
Lenthay common is reached by a track from the outskirts of Sherborne. It is crossed by two public footpaths and a public bridlepath (there was no evidence of horse riding). A railway line runs alongside. There is a general right of public access for 'air and excercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925? ('Dorset commons and Greens', 1995).

SOURCE:
Site visit, Dorset SNCI survey (31.05.91) 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R. Legg, 1995.

GNOTES:
There are fifteen rights of pasture on the common as follows; cattle (9), animals (2) and beasts (4). Twelve entries have grazing limited to between May and November and one entry has grazing limited to between May and October. These dates are controlled by a Hayward. The owner is also a rightholder on this unit. The Wessex Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
A network of road verges and larger areas of common land supporting semi-improved neutral and locally marshy grassland, with scrub encroachment and tall ruderal vegetation in places, areas of continuous scrub and three small ponds.

ANOTES:
Breach common and St. James's common is crossed by the B3091 and a number of minor roads. Three public footpaths cross the common. There is a legal right of access 'for air and excercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925? ('Dorset Commons and Greens', 1995).

GNOTES:
There are 18 rights of pasture on the common as follows; beasts (4), heifers (4), cattle (2), heifers or horses (2), animals (3), beast or heifer (2) and horses, heifers or beasts (1). One right is held in gross. One right relates to only part of the unit. Two entries are limited: one from 1st May to 1st November and one from 14th May to 23rd November. There is some dumped manure and grass cuttings on the common, some farm machinery and a few chicken houses.


GEN:
An area of species-poor, semi-improved neutral grassland straddling a stream, bordered by species-poor (locally species-rich) defunct and intact hedgerows.

ANOTES:
Forest Deer Leases lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by a single, little used, public footpath.

GNOTES:
There are fifteen rights of pasture on the common as follows; animals (1), horses or other beasts (6), 6 'grazing rights' (animals not specified), beasts (1) and cattle (1). Ten entries are held in gross. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
A large area of {\it Fagus sylvatica} plantation woodland.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by The Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Now owned by one private owner.

ANOTES:
There is no public access to this common but the adjoining opposite valley side enjoys open access under the ownership of the National Trust.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common lies within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the South Wessex Downs Environmentally Sensitive Area. There is a dumped cooker on the common.


GEN:
Lengths of road verge supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland, rank semi-improved neutral grassland with tall ruderal species, an area of scattered trees over semi-improved neutral grassland and a gardened area.

OWNERS:
Land subject to the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Reistration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
God's Blessing Green comprises lengths of road verge situated at the intersection of two minor roads. A single public footpath crosses the common. A nature trail has been created on part by the local nursery.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Part of the common is being gardened by the local nursery (as a nature trail).


GEN:
A small common supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland and coniferous and broadleaved plantation.

ANOTES:
The common lies just off a minor road. It is crossed by a single public footpath (now a public bridlepath forming part of the Wessex Ridgeway).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common lies within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the South Wessex Downs Environmentally Sensitive Area.


OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Part owned jointly by two private owners.


GEN:
An area largely under arable cultivation with an area of apparently improved pasture, crossed by a drain supporting standing water and marginal vegetation with some scattered trees along the river bank.

ANOTES:
Hodmoor is reached by a publicly maintained road from the A357. There are no public rights of way on the common. There is access to the river bank for fishing? (there was a small tent and parked cars near the river at the time of the site visit).

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry for this common including one right of pannage and one right of pasture for cattle. The right is held in gross by Dorset County Council. The common lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing on the common. The measured area greatly exceeds the register area.


GEN:
An area of improved grassland? bordering the River Stour with an area of continuous scrub and a small area of broadleaved plantation.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Part owned by one private owner. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Netmead is crossed by a single, well used public footpath. It is accessed via Netmead and Greenway Lanes.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
A small common supporting improved grassland, semi-improved neutral grassland becoming encroached with scrub and tall ruderal vegetation and a small area of broadleaved woodland and scrub.

ANOTES:
Higher Fifehead common is subdivided by a minor road and a public bridlepath. A second minor road borders the common.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Part of the common has been enclosed and there was some dumped manure, farm machinery and a pollutant chemical? on the common. Local skip vehicles park on the common. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area dominated by continuous scrub and semi-natural broadleaved woodland with species-rich, unimproved neutral and marshy grassland clearings. An important Dorset butterfly site.

ANOTES:
Deadmoor common is crossed by two well used public footpaths. A few other tracks are also used?

SOURCE:
Site visit, notes from BSBI meeting 05.09.92, grassland survey 28.09.88 (English Nature), Dorset Butterfly Stie Register.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights of pasture on the common for cattle (2) and cattle or horses (1). One entry has grazing limited to between 1st May and 30th October. The common is a Site of Nature Conservation Interest.


GEN:
A mosaic of scrub, species-rich, unimproved neutral grassland (locally acid), semi-improved neutral grassland, marshy grassland and semi-natural broadleaved woodland supporting an outstanding assemblage of butterflies and moths.

ANOTES:
Lydlinch common is subdivided by the A357 and A3030 and lies adjacent to a minor road. It is crossed by access tracks to properties and fields. Two public footpaths cross the common and areas appear to enjoy open access. Locally the grassland was very worn with areas of bare ground.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file including grassland survey 20.09.88 and short management plan, M.S.Warren (1991).

GNOTES:
There are five rights of pasture on the common as follows; cattle (2), cattle leazes (2) and heifers (1). Two entries have grazing limited to between 1st May and 30th November. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. There are two claims to rights of way on the common and one claim to easement for services to one property. The majority of the common is designated the Lydlinch Common and Stock Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest.


GEN:
A common comprising the road verges along a lane supporting semi-improved neutral grassland bordered (at least locally) by species-rich hedgerows.

ANOTES:
The common comprises the verges on either side of a minor road linking the Holwell road in the south with the A3030. The quiet road is used for walking and horse riding. A public footpath crosses the southern end of the common.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common is a Dorset Site of Nature Conservation Importance. Assuming the verges average just 1m in width, the measured area exceeds the register area.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered scrub supporting several uncommon species.

ANOTES:
Burton common lies adjacent to the A352. It is crossed by a single, well used, public bridlepath.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Dorset Neutral Grasslands survey 15.06.88 (English Nature), 1982/83 county Phase 1 survey and SNCI survey 1991/92? (Dorset Environmental Records Centre).

GNOTES:
There are seven rights of pasture on the common as follows; animals (1), horses (2), cattle (2) and cattle and horses (2). Grazing is only allowed from 1st May to 31st October in each year. The common is a Site of Nature Conservation Importance. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area largely supporting improved grassland with semi-improved neutral grassland and tall ruderal vegetation on the road verges and locally scattered broadleaved trees.

ANOTES:
Stockwood common lies on either side of a minor road. Access tracks to fields and farms and a single public footpath cross the common. Recreational use is minimal if any.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. The Wessex Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. Part of the common lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Adjoining fields have encroached upon the common and there was temporary internal fencing, a small gravel parking area and some agricultural machinery.


GEN:
An area apparently supporting improved grassland, bordered by intact, species-poor hedgerow and defunct hedgerow with fencing.

ANOTES:
There is no public access to this common.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the South Wessex Downs Environmentally Sensitive Area.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with semi-natural? broadleaved woodland on the lower slopes and an area of continuous scrub, bordered by species-poor defunct and intact hedgerows.

OWNERS:
Owned by Sydling St. Nicholas Parish Council.

ANOTES:
Poor Lot is crossed by a single public bridlepath forming part of the Wessex Ridgeway.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Trustees for the Poor of the Parish of Powerstock.


OWNERS:
Owned by The Official Custodian for Charities.


GEN:
A diverse common including part of the shingle bank of Chesil Beach supporting areas of maritime turf and strandline vegetation and a range of coastal habitats around the Isle of Portland such as unimproved and semi-improved calcareous grassland, hard cliff supporting a varied maritime flora, a shingle beach, quarry and spoil and stretches of semi-improved road verge.

ANOTES:
The A354 runs alongside part of this unit (Chesil Beach). A public footpath running around the coast of the Isle of Portland crosses much of the common. This common has a public right of access 'for air and exercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act, 1925. Access to part of Chesil Beach is restricted during the tern breeding season. The use of motorboats on the Fleet near RE Bridging Hard has probably resulted in the lack of strandline vegetation here. Recreational pressure on Chesil Beach and Portland Bill has lead to erosion of the grassland there. There are car parks on the common at Chesil Beach and Portland Bill. There are a number of fishing huts and boathouses on Chesil Beach and a number of beach huts at Church Ope Cove.

SOURCE:
Site visit. SSSI citation and site file for Chesil Beach and the Fleet including 'The Fleet and Chesil Beach Management Plan', D.Elton (1991), Phase 1 survey, R.J.Wolton, 06.85 and Lyme Bay Environmental Study, vol.13 - 'Terrestrial Ecology: Invertebrates of Chesil Beach', P. Kirby (1995). SSSI citation and site file for the Isle of Portland including NCC Habitat Survey, 1984, and SNCI survey Portland Bill Quarries (1990/91?).

GNOTES:
There are 39 rights of pasture on the common for "animals". There is one other entry including the rights of estover, turbary, common in soil and piscary. Common in soil right is for stone and pebbles. Right of estovers includes collection of dry fuel known as clots or cow dung from 24th June to 29th September each year. The Ministry of Public Buildings and Works claim the right under tenancy from the Commissioners of Crown Lands and the Court Leet of the Manor of Portland to maintain the Coastguard Lookout and Rocket firing post. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. The M.O.D. have leaseholds for equipment on this unit. The common is contiguous with CL 71. 

The Chesil Beach section lies within the Chesil and the Fleet Site of Special Scientific Interest and the West Dorset Heritage Coast. There is a large car park and visitor centre on the Chesil section and a number of boathouses and fishing huts. A road improvement scheme has encroached on a small area near Ferry Bridge and a large drainage scheme has been constructed on the common to remove sea water seeping through the shingle. A small area is fenced off each year to protect the nesting terns.

The majority of the common on the Isle of Portland lies within the Isle of Portland Site of Special Scientific Interest. The remainder is designated a SNCI. Fencing has been erected around aerials on the common. There is a car park on the common at Portland Bill, a number of Beach huts in Church Op Cove and some old winching gear, a scrap car, a concrete structure and a large spoil heap along the coastal strip north-eastwards from the Bill. 

The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
Several small pieces of land including a semi-improved neutral grassland verge with scattered scrub and two areas of amenity grassland locally with planted trees.

ANOTES:
All the pieces of land which make up this unit lie along minor roads. A couple of public footpaths cross the common and there are a couple of small car parks on part. There are some swings and a slide on part. The common has a public right of access for 'air and exercise' under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925.

GNOTES:
There are 39 rights of pasture on the common for 'animals'. There is one other rights entry which includes the rights of estover, turbary, common in soil and piscary. The right of estovers includes a right to gather dry fuel known as clots or cow dung. Common in the soil right is for stone and pebbles. The rights are cross referenced with CLs 2 and 71. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. There is also one other claim of access for maintenance of a sewer pipe. Part of the common falls within the Isle of Portland Site of Special Scientific Interest. The measured area is much less than the register area. There are a couple of small car parks on part of the common and some swings and a slide on another part.


GEN:
An area supporting rank, unimproved calcareous grassland (partially destroyed) with scrub encroachment, with areas of improved grassland and car parks and small areas of semi-improved neutral grassland and broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. Remainder owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
CL4 lies between the A354 and a minor road. It is subdivided by a public footpath and a grass track. There are a number of small car parks along the top edge of the common, being a popular view point across Chesil Beach.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SNCI survey (1992), SSSI citation.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. Part of the common lies within the Isle of Portland Site of Special Scientific Interest, much of the remainder lying within the Portland Heights SNCI (western end) and the Verne Yeates SNCI, with the exclusion of the car parks and improved grassland areas along the southern edge of the common. There is some internal fencing on the common, a property and several small car parks. A large part of the western end had largely been destroyed by recent road improvements. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of abandoned water meadow supporting rank marshy grassland/tall ruderal vegetation much encroached with scrub?

OWNERS:
Owned by HRH Charles Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall.

ANOTES:
CL322 is bounded by the River Frome and the railway. There is no public right of access to the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, 'Dorset Commons and Greens' (R. Legg, 1995).

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for horses, cows or heifers. The right is exercisable from 15th August to 1st November. The right is cross referenced with CLs 14, 52, 35 and 142. The common is separated from CL14 by the River Frome. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of former flood meadow crossed by a network of ditches, supporting improved and semi-improved neutral grassland, locally with tall ruderal vegetation.

OWNERS:
Two parts owned by Duchy of Cornwall. Part owned jointly by three private owners. Two parts owned jointly by 2 private owners (ie. 4 owners). Rest subject to protection of Local Authority under section 9 of Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
West Ward common is subdivided by the A37 and the railway. It adjoins a minor road to the east and is crossed by a new bypass and access track to Wolfeton House. A public footpath and public bridlepath cross the western end. It is fenced along the roadsides. There is access to the common for fishing and a couple of benches on the area to the south of the railway. According to 'Dorset Commons and Greens' (R. Legg, 1995) the common has a public right of access under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 lying within a former Urban District? There was no evidence of such use by the public.

GNOTES:
There are twelve rights of pasture on the common for dairy cattle (1), cattle (1), dairy cattle/horses (1), dairy cows, horses, heifers (6), dry stock (heifers, 2) and dairy cattle/heifers (1). There is one other right of estover for a right to cut hay over 5 acres of land. Grazing is limited as follows; dairy cattle between 6th and 14th August and heifers/horses between 15th August and 1st November. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes and the Duchy of Cornwall claim the rights and interests of Lord of the Manor with right to depasture 27 cattle on the part owned by HRH. The common is contiguous with CL 35 and separated from CLs 11 and 322 by the River Frome. There is internal fencing on the common and a new road has been constructed over part.


GEN:
An area of former water meadow supporting species-poor, semi-improved neutral grassland?

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by three private owners. Part owned by The Duchy of Cornwall. Part owned by the Minister of Health. Remainder owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
CL35 lies between the A37 and the railway. It is crossed by a single public footpath which is currently obstructed by a drain.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights of pasture on this common as follows; dairy cattle (1), dairy cattle and horses (1), dairy cattle, horses and heifers (5) and dairy cattle and dry stock (1). There is one other right of estover which allows cutting of hay over 2 acres of the common. Grazing is limited: dairy cows from 6th to 14th of August; other stock from 15th August to 1st November. Two of the owners have rights on the common. Seven of the rights are cross referenced as follows; one with CLs 14 and 52, two with CLs 14, 52 and 73, one with CLs 52 and 142, two with CLs 11, 14, 52, 73, 142 and 147 and one with CLs 14, 52, 73, 142 and 147 (ie. 6 with CL14, 7 with CL52, 5 with CL73, 4 with CL142 and 3 with CL147). The common is contiguous with CLs 14 and 52. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of former flood meadow crossed by a drain, supporting species-poor, semi-improved neutral/improved grassland?

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to the A37. There are no public rights of way on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, 'Dorset Commons and Green', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are four rights of pasture on the common as follows; dairy cows, horses and heifers (2) and dairy cows or heifers (2). Two entries have grazing limited to between 16th August and 1st November and two entries have grazing limited to between 15th August and the last day of February. All four rights are cross referenced with CLs 14, 35, 52, 73 and 142 and three with CL11. The common is contiguous with CL 52. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of species-rich coastal grassland with encroachments on the northern and southern ends.

ANOTES:
This common lies adjacent to the A354 and is bisected by a disused railway. There is a public right of access for "air and excercise" under section 193 of the Law of Property Act, 1925. It is a popular recreation area.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Portland Harbour Shore SSSI citation and site file including 'Portland Harbour NVC survey, SGS Environment (1997), Phase 1 survey 'Chesil and the Fleet', 1984.

GNOTES:
There are 39 rights of pasture on the common for "animals" and one other right including rights of estover, turbary, piscary and common in soil. Right of estovers includes a right to gather dry fuel known as clots or cow dung. Common in the soil entry is for stone and pebbles. The Dorset Water Board claim a right of access for maintenance purposes. The common is contiguous with CL2. The majority of the common lies within the Portland Harbour Shore Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the West Dorset Heritage Coast. There is a marine centre with car park on the northern end of the common and a drain outlet crosses the southern end.


GEN:
A largely wooded area with relict wet and dry heath becoming encroached with bracken and scrub bordering the River Frome.

OWNERS:
Parts owned jointly by three private owners. Part is still unclaimed and awaiting decision on ownership from the Commons Commissioner?

ANOTES:
Burton common lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by an access track to fields. There are no public rights of way on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit; SSSI citation; Phase 1 survey, M.Liley, 31.01.97.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on the common for cattle relating to only part of the unit. The common is contiguous with CL 96. The common lies within the River Frome Site of Special Scientific Interest. The measured area is less than a fifth of the register area.


OWNERS:
Owned by The Rector of Wool and East Stoke.


OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Part owned jointly by two private owners. Part owned by one private owner.


GEN:
An area predominantly supporting acid, dry dwarf-shrub heath with two areas of wet heath and pockets of continuous bracken, an area of mixed woodland and part under arable cultivation.

ANOTES:
Black Hill heath is crossed by a public bridlepath and a public footpath. A second public bridlepath runs along part of the eastern boundary. There are some additional tracks on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file including 1987 Phase 1 survey. 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. The majority of the common lies within the Black Hill Heath Site of Special Scientific Interest. Part of the common is under arable cultivation and enclosed.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with patches of tall ruderal vegetation and an area of marshy grassland bordering the Bere Stream.

ANOTES:
Soulsmoor is crossed by a public footpath and borders a minor road to the east.


OWNERS:
Unclaimed. Awaiting decision of the Commons Commissioner.


GEN:
A strip of common land supporting marshy grassland and wet heath with two small ponds, a little scattered scrub and an area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Owned jointly by four private owners (now owned by Dorset County Council?).

ANOTES:
Throop Heath (part) lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by a public bridlepath. The area also enjoys open public access (on foot only).

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. It lies within the Turners Puddle Heath Site of Special Scientific Interest. The common has been fenced from the road. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area of largely semi-improved neutral grassland under heathland restoration bordering a stream, with two small valley mires.

OWNERS:
Owned jointly by two private owners (now owned by the National Trust?).

ANOTES:
Langton Wallis heath is reached by 'The Tramway' or 'Tuck Trail' across Hartland Moor NNR. A new public footpath has recently been created continuing along 'The Tramway' across Langton Wallis Heath.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and NNR leaflet, National Trust Biological Survey 'Middlebere heath and Hartland Moor' (1984), 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R. Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There is one right of turbary on the common to take 2000 turves on Langton Wallis Heath. The right relates to only part of the unit. The Dorset Water Board claims a right of access for maintenance purposes. There is one claim to a lease of the minerals on this unit. The common is contiguous with CL 139 (area less than 1ha). Part of the common lies within the Hartland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing on the common. The measured area is a small fraction of the register area (956.88ha).


GEN:
An area of marshy and semi-improved neutral grassland with tall ruderal vegetation, with a small area of scrub and locally scattered broadleaved trees bordering the River Avon.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Remainder owned by Hampshire County Council.

ANOTES:
Millhams is bisected by the A35. There are no public rights of way on the common. There is access to the river for fishing? There is a general right of access for "air and excercise" under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925? (Dorset Commons and Greens, 1995).

SOURCE:
Site visit, 1986 Phase 1 survey River Avon SSSI, SNCI survey and 'Dorset Commons and Greens', R.Legg (1995).

GNOTES:
There are four rights of pasture on the common as follows; horses (2), horses, cows and donkeys (1) and horses, cows and goats (1). There is one other right of turbary (peat). Rights relate to only part of the unit. Grazing is limited on one area of the common from 12th August to 14th February. Part of the common is a Site of Nature Conservation Importance and the whole lies within the Avon Valley Environmentally Sensitive Area. The common adjoins CL160. It is fenced from the road. The measured area is less than the register area (part of the common was subsequently removed).


GEN:
Broadleaved woodland, ungrazed semi-improved neutral grassland and dense scrub situated on the site of a disused quarry.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way are shown on the OS Landranger map. Adjoined by the A68 along western boundary.

GNOTES:
No rights. The former National Coal Board claimed a right of access over the unit to an adjoining opencast mine.


GEN:
The eastern half predominantly supports dry dwarf shrub heath and the western half semi-improved acid grassland with a strip of marshy grassland along the road. There are areas of enclosed improved and poor semi-improved grassland and three small plantations on the common.

OWNERS:
Part owned by 1 private owner. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
The detatched section at NZ133421 is crossed by 2 minor public roads (joining), 2 public footpaths and a farm access track. The main section is crossed by the B6301 and 2 minor public roads, also 6 public footpaths and 1 bridleway.

GNOTES:
There are 6 rights to graze sheep only, 3 rights to graze cattle and sheep and 1 right to graze goats only. 1 of the rights to graze sheep and cattle is limited to part of the unit. There are 3 areas of plantation on the common and internal fencing.


GEN:
Dense scrub with a small peripheral area of semi-improved neutral grassland. Enclosed by wire fencing.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way cross the common. Adjoins B6279.

GNOTES:
No rights. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
Broadleaved woodland with a small peripheral area of arable land.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 public footpath. Adjoins B6279.

GNOTES:
No rights. The measured area is less than 1ha.


GEN:
Tall herb vegetation with scattered scrub and patches of grassland on a west facing slope.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Church Commissioners for England.

ANOTES:
Crossed by one public footpath. Adjoins a minor public road.

GNOTES:
9 grazing rights (cattle - 3, ponies and cattle - 4, cattle, ponies, geese and hens - 1, hens - 1). One of the rightholders claims rights of herbage and estovers. 1 right is not attached to land. There are 3 claims to a right of access.


ANOTES:
Crossed by 2 public footpaths. Situated adjacent to the B6282.


GEN:
A small common dominated by coniferous plantation.

ANOTES:
A public footpath follows the track running along the southern edge of the common. Adjoins a minor public road.


GEN:
Birch dominated broadleaved woodland with small, peripheral areas of scrub and rank grassland.

ANOTES:
Adjoins a public bridleway (not crossed by it). Although no public rights of way cross the common, it is easily accesible from the road and appears to be used regularly for informal recreation with adjacent areas of mown grassland.


GEN:
A series of small enclosures on either side of a tarmac footpath. Some contain overgrazed, short grassland, others contain dense bracken, rank grassland or tall herb vegetation.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 public footpath. Adjoins a minor road.

GNOTES:
No rights. There are some sheds on the common.


GEN:
Broadleaved woodland on the site of a disused quarry.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way cross the common and it is difficult to gain access to it because of the steepness of the quarry sides. Adjoins the A6076.


GEN:
The common is split into four detached sections around the village of Hutton Henry containing woodland, dense scrub, tall herb vegetation,  semi-improved neutral, poor semi-improved and amenity grassland.

ANOTES:
2 public footpaths (joining) cross the section to the SW of the village. 1 public footpath crosses the section to the north of the village. There is a small unenclosed play area on the common.

GNOTES:
There are 2 rights of pasture on the commons. There is 1 right to graze 20 horses or 20 cattle or 100 sheep to limit of 100 gates (1 gate equals 1 horse or one cow). There is also the right of sole vesture and sole pasture over the southern part of the common. The second right is for 2 horses and 2 goats over part of the common (the section north of the village).


GEN:
Horse grazed, improved grassland, enclosed by wire fencing.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way cross the common. It is situated adjacent to a minor public road.

GNOTES:
No rights. Viewed from eastern boundary fence only. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
Disused quarry site covered with bracken and scattered scrub with peripheral areas of rank grassland and tall herb vegetation.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 public footpath. Adjoins the A692.


GEN:
Broadleaved woodland with small areas of wet heath, tall herb vegetation and poor semi-improved grassland, split into 3 detatched sections by minor public roads and an access road.

ANOTES:
No public footpaths cross the common but the two largest sections are unfenced along the road and it possible to walk directly on to them. The common does not appear to be used regularly by walkers; no informal footpaths were seen.


GEN:
An area of mostly young broadleaved woodland interspersed with small areas of rank grassland and tall herb vegetation, situated in a small valley partly surrounded by housing.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 public footpath and numerous informal footpaths. The common can be accessed via footpaths from nearby urban roads and appears to be used frequently by local people for walking.

GNOTES:
No rights. The measured area is greater than the register area.


OWNERS:
Owned by Lynesack and Softley Parish Council.


GEN:
Amenity grassland surrounded by housing.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a minor public road. Abutted by 2 public footpaths which lead SW and NE on to  fields behind the houses surrounding the common.


GEN:
Young broadleaved plantation with scattered scrub and older trees. A small disused quarry is situated in the western half of the common.

OWNERS:
Owned by The Trustees of the Manor of Bowes.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 public footpath. Adjoins the A66 (unfenced).

GNOTES:
There are 49 rights entries for this common. Rights are given in rateable values, except for one rights entry which is a "right to take stone". The rights entitle the holder to "a proportionate share and interest in all the rights, royalties, liberties, franchises, minerals, quarries, game, manorial rights and moneys arising from Manor of Bowes to and upon a rateable value... in respect of the whole of the land in the register unit. 46 of the rights entries are identical to those in CL No. 1001, ie. there is multiple registration (rights and names are the same). 39 entries are held in gross. There is some plantation on the common.


GEN:
Grazed, poor semi-improved grassland with  occasional scattered scrub.

GNOTES:
There is a right to graze 10 head of sheep and 10 head of cattle. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
Dry heath with areas of blanket bog, acidic flush, continuous bracken and unimproved and semi-improved acid grassland. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

OWNERS:
Owned by The Trustees of the Barningham Estate.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 6 public bridleways and 3 public footpaths. The northern part is crossed by a minor, unfenced public road.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines (1993). 

2) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
7 rights finalized; 1 right void. 2 rights held in gross. Rights are held in stints - 1 stint equals 3 ewes and followers or 4.5 hogs or geld sheep. Owner has listed grazing rights. There are 11 farms owned by the owner of the moor and the rights are held by virtue of tenancy agreements (all held in stints). This common adjoins 2 North Yorkshire commons, CL43 and CL196.


OWNERS:
A total of three private owners each owning part.


OWNERS:
Part owned Lynesack and Softley Parish Council.


GEN:
Improved, cattle grazed grassland with scattered gorse.

GNOTES:
There is one right to graze 30 cows over the whole unit.


GEN:
A linear common, consisting of grass verges along a minor road.

ANOTES:
3 public footpaths and 1 bridleway cross the verges on to adjacent land.

GNOTES:
There are six rights of pasture as follows; cattle (4), cattle and ponies (4), cattle, ponies, hens and geese (1). In two cases, these are limited to 9 months of the year. 1 rightholder claims rights of herbage and estovers.


GEN:
Blanket mire with peripheral areas of unimproved acid grassland and dry heath. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way are shown on OS Landranger map. 1 public bridleway runs to the NE boundary from Ireshopeburn.

SOURCE:
Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines, report for Ireshope Moor-Bollihope Common-Woodland Fell (1993).

GNOTES:
A stinted pasture. Each stint equals 4 sheep or 1 beast. Grazing rights are given in number of stints; there are 16 grazing rights. Other rights: turbary (16), piscary (2), common in the soil (8). Rightholders have claimed other rights separately from grazing rights. 1 right held in gross. Common in soil rights relate to minerals and stone. Adjoins CL21 to the east and CL25 to the west. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Sheep grazed semi-improved acid grassland with peripheral areas of continuous bracken and scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 minor fenced road and 2 unfenced roads. Criss-crossed by numerous public footpaths. Used by local people for walking.

GNOTES:
There are 56 rights of pasture for sheep. 1 rightholder has the right to graze sheep and 2 cows. 6 rights are held in gross and 9 rights have "no land attached particulars". This is a stinted pasture: 1 stint equals 1 sheep. There is a landfill on the common.


GEN:
Dry heath with localized areas of bracken, dry dwarf shrub heath/acid grassland mosaic and acidic flush. Used for sheep grazing and grouse rearing.

OWNERS:
Joint ownership between three private owners (representatives of the Underley Estates).

ANOTES:
Crossed by a 2 minor public roads (1 unfenced), 1 public bridleway and 3 public footpaths.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines, report for Ireshope Moor-Bollihope Common-Woodland Fell (1993). 

2) SSSI citation for Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells. 

3) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
There are 5 rights of pasture for sheep cross-referenced with CL40. All the grazing rights are limited to parts of the common. One right is claimed as vicinage rather than grazing. The Church Commissioners claim the interests of the Lord of the Manor of Stanhope other than the ownership of the unit. They also claim in fee simple the minerals and rights to work them by conveyance and by the same conveyance, the free flow of water and soil to adjoining land which belongs to the Church Commissioners. Adjoins CL40. The majority of the common lies within the Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Dry modified bog and unimproved acid grassland with localized areas of blanket bog. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a minor, unfenced public road. No public footpaths or bridleways are shown on the OS Landranger map.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines, report for Ireshope Moor-Bollihope Common-Woodland Fell (1993). 

2) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
There are 5 rights of pasture on the common. Rights are given in sheep stints and cattle gates with 1 cow equal to 4 sheep. Each rightholder being given a 'stint limit'. The Church Commissioners claim to be the owners in fee simple of beds and seams of minerals incl. sand and gravel and all other surface minerals in or under the land in this unit with a right to work these (by conveyance). Adjoins CL7 to the west and CL41 to the east. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Dense bracken with scattered scrub and peripheral stands of tall herb vegetation.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way cross the common. Adjoins the B6278.


GEN:
Sheep grazed dry heath and unimproved acid grassland with small areas of valley mire and localized bracken cover.

ANOTES:
Crossed by the B6276 and 2 minor public roads (1 of these joins the B6276) and several public footpaths.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines, 1993.

2) Limited field survey, from public roads and some public footpaths only.

GNOTES:
There are 34 rights to graze sheep (to graze ewes with "such hogs and followers necessary to maintain the flock"). Two of the rights are cross-referenced with CL109. The Church Commissioners claim to be entitled to the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor of Stanhope in that capacity other than ownership of the land. They also claim the right in fee simple to beds and seams of minerals incl. sand and gravel and also the right to work these (by conveyance). They are also entitled by the conveyance to free flow of soil and water to adjoining land belonging to the Church Commissioners (existing courses only). The common lies within the Muggleswick, Stanhope, Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Sheep grazed, unimproved acid grassland.

GNOTES:
There is 1 right to graze cows (1 cow and 5 stirks?) and 1 right to graze cattle and sheep (4 store cattle and 12 sheep). The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A mosaic of young birch woodland, scrub, bracken and tall herb vegetation, situated on a gentle south facing slope.

GNOTES:
1 right to graze 30 sheep and followers and 10 cattle. The Church Commissioners claim the interests of the Lord of the Manor of Wolsingham other than in capacity of the owner. They also claim in fee simple the minerals including sand and gravel and the right to work these as specified in Wolsingham Enclosure Act. There are some stored building materials and scrap metal in a disused quarry on the common. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A small disused quarry surrounded by sheep grazed, unimproved acid grassland with occasional patches of bracken.

ANOTES:
A bridleway runs along the southern boundary.

GNOTES:
No rights. There are some wire fencing coils and scrap metal in a disused quarry on the common. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
{\it Calluna vulgaris} dominated dry heath with peripheral areas of acid grassland and dense bracken.

ANOTES:
Adjoins a dismantled railway (on the western boundary) which is now used as a footpath and cycle way called The Waskerley Way.

SOURCE:
1) Field survey 

2) Durham Wildlife Trust Phase 1 Habitat Survey, 1993.

GNOTES:
There is 1 right to graze 100 sheep and 40 cattle. The Church Commissioners claim in fee simple minerals including sand and gravel and the right to work these (by conveyance). The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An extensive area of moorland dominated by unimproved acid grassland in the western half where grazing pressure is highest with large areas of dry heath and dry dwarf shrub heath/acid grassland mosaic in the east. Across the common, there are localized areas of blanket bog and continuous bracken. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

OWNERS:
Joint ownership between three private owners.

ANOTES:
Crossed by the B6278 and 1 minor public road (both unfenced), also 10 public footpaths and 1 public bridleway.

GNOTES:
There are 42 rights of pasture for sheep (ewes together with such hoggs and followers as are necessary to maintain the ewe flock) and one for cattle. Grazing for cattle is limited to between 1st August and 1st December each year. There is one claim for vicinage instead of grazing. One right appears to be held in gross. The Church Commissioners claim ownership in fee simple of minerals (incl. sand and gravel) and the right to work these (by conveyance). Adjoins CL6 and CL40 to the east and CL50 to the west. The common lies within the Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A large area of open fell, split into two detached sections, dominated by dry heath with localized areas of blanket bog and continuous bracken. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

ANOTES:
The main part of the common is crossed by 4 public footpaths and 1 public bridleway. The detached section is crossed by 3 public footpaths (2 joining) and 1 minor, unfenced public road.

GNOTES:
There are 15 rights of pasture for sheep. One of the rights also includes the right of pasture for cattle limited to October and November. Five of the rights are limited to Pikestone fell and two to Knitsley fell. Four of the rights are cross referenced with CL9 although 5 are listed as cross referenced under the entry for CL9. The Church Commissioners claim to be the owners in fee simple of minerals including sand and gravel and a right to work these. This common adjoins CL6, CL9 and CL38. The common lies within the Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A remote area of moorland supporting dry bog on the highest ground with {\it Juncus} dominated flushes and peripheral areas of unimproved acid grassland on the slopes below. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

GRAZINT:
Generally moderate. High on lower ground.

GNOTES:
There are 6 rights of pasture for sheep (together with hogs and followers as necessary to maintain the ewe flock). One right holder has two different entries relating to two different holdings. One of the entries is cross referenced with CL 42. The Church Commissioners claim minerals/working rights. Adjoins CL21 to the west and CL42 to the east. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Wet modified bog interspersed with blanket bog and unimproved acid grassland. Used for sheep grazing.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines, report for Ireshope Moor-Bollihope Common-Woodland Fell (1993).

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture for sheep. One of the rights is cross referenced with CL41. The Church Commissioners claim to be the owners in fee simple of the beds or seams of minerals or mineral substances whatsoever (including sand and gravel and all other surface minerals) in or under the land with the right to work the same by surface and underground workings and other rights incident there to as more fully specified in conveyance dated 3.11.65. Adjoins CL41 to the east. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


ANOTES:
Crossed by 5 public footpaths (4 joining). One of the footpaths runs along the southern edge of a disused railway embankment. The embankment itself is not included in the area of the common. It is possible to obtain a good view of the common and the surrounding land from the highest sections of the embankment.

SOURCE:
1) Field survey.

2) Durham Wildlife Trust Phase 1 Habitat Survey, 1992.

GNOTES:
There are five rights of pasture for sheep. One entry is limited to ewes with or without lambs from the 1st January to 31st March in each year and from 1st June to 30th September in each year and x ewes with or without lambs at all other times of the year; one entry is limited to the months of May to September and three entries limited to between the 1st January and 31st March and the 1st August to 31st October and x ewes with or without lambs at all other times of the year. The Church Commissioners claim minerals and rights to work them. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Remote area of moorland supporting a mosaic of blanket bog, dry modified bog and (on lower ground) unimproved acid grassland.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way are shown on the OS Landranger map. 2 public footpaths lead to the northern boundary of the common from Brotherlee, about 1.2km to the north (NY925377).

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights of pasture on this common. 2 rights are given in sheep stints or cattlegates and one is for sheep only. All 3 have rights for "sheep and followers". In 1986, 1 right was owned by Blue Circle Industries, London. This common adjoins CL38. Part of the common lies within the Fairy Holes Cave Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Short, sheep grazed improved grassland with scattered thistles and gorse.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way. Adjoins the B6301.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture for 4 cows, 4 calves and 6 sheep.


GEN:
Improved pasture, bounded by dry stone walls and wire fencing.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 public footpath, which runs along a farm access track. Adjoins B6312.


GEN:
Sheep grazed, unimproved acid grassland. Viewed from the opposite valley side and adjoining common (CL111) only, using binoculars.

GNOTES:
There are 6 rights of pasture on the common given in sheep stints but with the option to graze cattle or horses in lieu of sheep. There are also two rights of turbary and two rights for stone to repair fences. The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor other than in capacity as owner of the land. They also claim minerals and the right to work these (specified in Weardale Enclosure Act, undated). The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Sheep grazed, unimproved acid grassland with occasional flushes, on a north facing slope.

OWNERS:
Joint ownership between four private owners.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a public footpath and a minor road, also a minor, unmetalled road.

SOURCE:
1) Field survey. 

2) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Peninnes, 1993 report.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture for sheep grazing ("Ewes together with such hoggs and followers necessary to maintain the ewe flock"). The owners claim all sporting rights and the Church Commissioners claim ownership in fee simple of minerals and rights to work these. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


SOURCE:
1) Field survey.  

2) Durham Wildlife Trust Phase 1 Habitat Survey, 1992.

GNOTES:
There are 4 rights for sheep grazing for "x ewes (together with such hoggs and followers as are necessary to maintain the ewe flock)". The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Dry heath on south and SW facing slopes which grades into dry bog on higher, more gently sloping ground below the hill summit in the northern half of the common.

OWNERS:
Owned by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

GNOTES:
There are four rights of pasture for sheep with hoggs and followers. The Church Commissioners claim ownership in fee simple of minerals/working of those (conveyance with MAFF), also of free flow of water and soil from any adjoining land belonging to the said commissioners. Adjoins CL61. The measured area is less than the register area. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
The common curves around the head of a valley (forming a 'C' shape) adjoining the border with Cumbria. It is mostly covered with lightly sheep grazed {\it Eriophorum vaginatum} and {\it Calluna vulgaris} dominated vegetation.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 1 public footpath and the A689 (fenced). The A689 is not included in the area of the common.

SOURCE:
1) Field survey

2) Phase 1 habitat survey information from English Nature files.

GNOTES:
There is a right to graze 30 sheep with hogs and followers over the whole unit. The Church Commissioners claim in fee simple ownership of minerals and the right to work these by conveyance with MAFF. They also claim free flow of water and soil from any adjoining land belonging to the Commissioners through any existing drains and water courses. Adjoins CL Nos. 60 and 74 (Durham), and CL1 (Northumberland). The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a minor part lies within the Pennine Dales Environmentally Sensitive Area. The common is fenced along the roadsides.


GEN:
Remote area of moorland consisting of dry heath and blanket bog with peripheral areas of continuous bracken and unimproved acid grassland. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

GNOTES:
There are eight rights of pasture for sheep only: 6 ewes only and 2 ewes plus hogs. The owner has a right registered. The Church Commissioners claim mineral rights in fee simple. Adjoins CL22 and CL66. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Dry heath with localized areas of continuous bracken, marshy grassland and wet heath. Used for sheep grazing and probably grouse shooting.

OWNERS:
Three separate entries detailing a total of seven private owners. Muggleswick Parish Council also own part of the common.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 4 public footpaths. Adjoins a minor public road on the northern boundary (unfenced).

SOURCE:
1) Limited field survey. 
 
2) Durham Wildlife Trust Phase 1 Habitat Survey 1992.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights to graze sheep. The Church Commissioners claim minerals and rights to work these. The common lies within the Muggleswick, Stanhope, Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Lightly sheep grazed {\it Eriophorum angustifolium, Calluna vulgaris} and {it Vaccinium myrtillus} dominated vegetation, enclosed by dry stone walls.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner and part owned by The Public Trustee.

ANOTES:
Adjoins (but is not crossed by) a public footpath.

SOURCE:
1) Durham Wildlife Trust Phase 1 Habitat Survey. 

2) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
There are four rights of pasture for sheep given in stints (1 stint = 6 sheep). They are all limited to certain areas of the common and stock numbers vary with turning out periods, which are 01/06 to 31/10 and 01/11 to 31/05. One right is held in gross. The Church Commissioners claim minerals in fee simple and right to work these by deed of conveyance. Adjoins CL units 25 and 74. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area supporting blanket mire and dry modified bog with peripheral areas of unimproved acid grassland and a few acid/neutral flushes on the valley sides of Wellhope burn.

SOURCE:
Phase 1 survey maps held by English Nature, Newcastle upon Tyne.

GNOTES:
There is 1 right to graze 1029 ewes together with hogs and followers necessary to maintain the herd, or an appropriate number of horses and cattle in lieu of sheep. The Church Commissioners claim ownership in fee simple of minerals and the right to work these by conveyance with MAFF. They also claim free flow of soil and water to adjoining land. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a minor part lies within the Pennine Dales Environmentally Sensitive Area.


GEN:
An extensive area of moorland located south of Edmundbyers, consisting of dry heath with occasional acidic flushes on lower slopes and localized areas of unimproved acid grassland and continuous bracken. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting. The eastern half is a water catchment area for 2 reserviors.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by the B6278 and some minor roads. A number of public footpaths cross the common.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the N. Pennines (1993 report).

2) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
There are nine rights to graze sheep only. One rightholder also has the rights of turbary for "turf and peat", piscary and estovers ("rushes, bracken and heather burns" - the latter not being registrable). Some people have claimed 2 rights in the rights section, grazing and estovers. One of the rightholders also claims the right to hay sheep, feed them in winter and bury dead sheep, to erect pens, folds or sheds or other facility for storing fodder in winter, the right to dig ditches and erect bridges over streams or gutters, the right to burn heather and the right to carry a gun or any weapon on the common and destroy vermin. The Church Commissioners claim the minerals and right to work these. They also claim a right of access to maintain a water storage tank and piping, claim access on foot, horses and vehicles and to run rams on the common. Adjoins CL22, CL66 and CL76. A TV/radio mast is situated near the SW boundary. The common lies within the Muggleswick, Stanhope, Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Dry heath with localized areas of acid grassland and continuous bracken. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting. There is a small detatched section at the northern end.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Durham County Council. Part owned by Sunderland and South Shields Water Co. Remainder owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a minor, unfenced public road near the southern end. Adjoins the B6306 (unfenced) along the northern boundary. Also crossed by a public bridleway and 2 public footpaths. There is a car park with picnic tables just west of the  detatched section at the northen end (NZ010516).

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines (1993 report).

2) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
There are 9 grazing rights for sheep only. 8 of these are limited to the NW part of the common, the remaining one covers the whole unit and is cross referenced with CL75. Other rights: Estovers (bracken and rushes): 4, Piscary: 4 and Turbary: 4. The rights of turbary are for turf and peat and of estovers for bracken, rushes and heather burns (the latter not being registrable). Four of the 'other rights' entries are all held by the same rightholder in respect of different holdings. One right is not attached to property. The Church Commissioners claim the minerals and the right to work these. One of the rightholders also claims the right to hay sheep, feed them in winter and bury dead sheep, to erect pens, folds or sheds or other facility for storing fodder in winter, the right to dig ditches and erect bridges over streams or gutters, the right to burn heather and the right to carry a gun or any weapon on the common and destroy vermin. This common adjoins CL22 and CL75. The common lies within the Muggleswick, Stanhope, Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GNOTES:
There is 1 right of turbary over the whole unit. The measured area is less than the register area. There is a radio mast on Horseshoe hill. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Sheep grazed dry heath with peripheral stands of {\it Pteridium aquilinum}.

GNOTES:
There were 3 rights entries originally, all were modified and only 2 were finalized. These rights are to graze sheep only (originally to graze sheep, horses and cattle) and both are cross-referenced with CL22. The rights are held by the same person in respect of different holdings. The Church Commissioners claim ownership in fee simple of minerals and the right to work these by conveyance. The common adjoins CL Nos. 22 and 65. A TV/radio mast is situated along the SW boundary. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Rank acid grassland (largely semi-improved) with small peripheral areas of marshy grassland and bracken near the southern boundary. Divided into 4 enclosures by internal wire fences.

GNOTES:
No rights. Adjoins CL28. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Sheep grazed, unimproved acid grassland which grades into dry bog on a plateau above the valley slope in the northern half of the common.

GNOTES:
1 right exists to graze sheep over the whole of the unit (not quantified). The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor other than in capacity as the owner (ownership in fee simple of lead and associated ores and right to work these - Weardale Enclosure Act). The measured area is less than the register area. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A large area of blanket bog with peripheral areas of dry heath, wet heath, continuous bracken and unimproved acid grassland. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Trustees of the Manor of Bowes (by application). Remainder owned by The Public Trustee.

ANOTES:
Crossed by the A66 trunk road (fenced) and 2 minor public roads (one unfenced, 1 partly fenced) in the southern half. Also crossed by 7 public bridleways and 2 public footpaths. One of the public footpaths is the Pennine Way, this follows the route of a tarmac access track. On the western side of this track, there several military buildings (possibly disused bunkers); notices along the track announce "MOD - Poison gas site, keep out".

SOURCE:
1) SSSI citation. 

2) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines report, 1993. 

3) Very limited field survey.

GNOTES:
Grazing rights held in stints (a total of 43 entries): 1 sheep stint equals one sheep or ewe with unweaned lamb; one three year old or upward cow or beast or one and a half two years cow or beast or 10 geese equals 8 sheep stints; or one horse or mare with unweaned foal not exceeding 6 months equals 16 sheep stints. Other entries are in rateable values entitling the holder to "A proportionate share and interest in all the rights, royalties, liberties, franchises, minerals, quarries, game, manorial rights and moneys arising from Manor of Bowes to and upon a rateable value... in respect of the whole of the land in the register unit (58 entries). 86 entries are held in gross, 15 are attached to property. Several rightholders have more than 1 entry but there are no duplicate entries. Adjoins 2 North Yorkshire commons: CL43 and CL151. The common is designated the Bowes Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and forms part of the proposed North Pennine Moors Special Protection Area. The majority lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
This common is split into 4 detached sections: section 1 (NY965217) is mostly dry heath and section 2 (NY985220), acid grassland, with patches of dry heath and {\it Juniperus communis} scrub (the other two sections are less than 1 ha).

ANOTES:
A public footpath runs along the western edge of section 1 (just outside the CL boundary). Both sections adjoin minor public roads.

GRAZINT:
Section 1 moderate; section 2 moderate to high.

GNOTES:
No rights. The measured area is greater than the register area. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Blanket bog and unimproved acid grassland with heathland communities, flushes and rock and block scree habitats. Used for sheep grazing.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 3 minor public roads; 2 of these are unfenced. Also crossed by 13 public bridleways and 14 public footpaths (1 of these is the Pennine Way).

SOURCE:
1) English Nature Scientific files.

2) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines report (1993).

GNOTES:
There are 39 rights of pasture on the common. The rights are held in sheep stints with stock equivalents for cattle horses and geese: one sheep stint equals one sheep with unweaned lamb; 8 sheep stints equal 1 cow or 3 year old beast or 2 yearling cows or beasts or 1 1/2-2 year old cows or beast or 10 geese; 12 sheep stints equal one horse or mare without foal and 16 sheep stints equal 1 mare with foal under six months. 32 entries held in gross. There is a claim in fee simple to shooting rights, a claim to the manorial rights of the Lord of the manor and a claim in fee simple to minerals and a right to work these. The SSSI boundary was amended in 1991/92 to include the whole of the Cotherstone Moor common land unit. The common lies within the Cotherstone Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
This common is split into 3 detached sections; all three are grazed and contain mire dominated by {\it Eriophorum vaginatum}.

ANOTES:
Sections 1 and 2 (NY934204 and NY951214) adjoin minor public roads.

GNOTES:
No rights. Section 2 adjoins CL1164 sections 1 and 2; section 3 adjoins CL35 section 2. The measured area is almost twice the register area. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A large area of blanket bog and wet modified bog with acidic flushes and peripheral areas of unimproved acid grassland. Used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines, report for Ireshope Moor-Bollihope Common-Woodland Fell (1993). 

2) English Nature Phase 1 survey map. 

3) Citation for Moorhouse and Cross Fell SSSI.

GNOTES:
There are 16 rights of pasture on the common. Grazing rights are held in stints: 1 stint equals 1 cow or 5 sheep; 2 stints equal 1 horse. There are 22 other rights: common in soil (7), piscary (7), turbary (8). Common in soil rights relate to stone. Other rights: Four stints are held in gross. Some rightholders appear several times in respect of different holdings (2 have 3 entries each and another 2 have 4 entries each). The Church Commissioners claim in fee simple beds and seams of minerals and the right to work these by conveyance. This common adjoins CL73 and CL74 to the north and CL7 to the east. The area between Scraith Burn and Sally Grain, west to the Cumbrian border (see map) lies within Moorhouse and Cross Fell SSSI and another part lies within the Upper Teesdale SSSI. In 1990 the latter SSSI was a proposed Special Protection Area. Parts of the Upper Teesdale SSSI are listed in 'A Nature Conservation Review' but it is unknown whether these are coincident with the common. The whole common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Dry heath and blanket bog with localized areas of continuous bracken and unimproved acid grassland. Used for sheep grazing and grouse rearing.

ANOTES:
Adjoins B6278 (unfenced) on the NW boundary and a minor road (unfenced). The northern half is crossed by the Waskerley Way path which follows the course of a disused railway. This is not shown as a public footpath on the OS Landranger map.

GNOTES:
There is 1 right to graze 700 ewes and followers (held by the Trustees of Lambton Settled Estates in 1988). The Church Commissioners claim in fee simple the minerals and right to work these by conveyance. Adjoins CL22, CL65 and CL75. Part of the common lies within the Muggleswick, Stanhope, Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
This common is split into 9 detached sections; habitats recorded from the 6 which are larger than 1ha include {\it Eriophorum vaginatum} dominated mire and dry heath and unimproved and semi-improved acid grassland. 5 of the sections surveyed were being used for sheep grazing.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Remainder owned by Mickleton Parish Council.

ANOTES:
No public footpaths are shown on the OS Landranger map. Sections 2 and 4 adjoin a minor public road (unfenced).

GNOTES:
No rights. Sections 1 and 2 adjoin CL1092, section 2. The common lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The measured area is less than the register area (two parts of the common appear to have been deleted).


GEN:
Amenity grassland in the south side of the River Wear with a mosaic of rank grassland and tall herb vegetation on the riverbank.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way cross the common but it is unfenced and used for informal recreation. A minor public road runs along the southern side of the common.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture held by the Trustees and Wardens of the Freemen of the City of Durham for grazing 10 horses, 10 goats, 20 cattle and 50 sheep. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
Easterly dipping moorland mostly consisisting of {\it Calluna vulgaris} dominated dry heath with localized areas of blanket bog and peripheral areas unimproved acid grassland and continuous bracken. The common is used for sheep grazing and grouse shooting.

OWNERS:
Land subject to the protection of the local authority under Section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 3 bridleways and four public footpaths. The B6278 (unfenced) crosses the western half of the common, it is not included within the area of the common.

SOURCE:
1) Survey of Upland Habitats in the North Pennines, report for Middlehope Moor-Stanhope Common-Wolsingham Park Moor (1993). 
2) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
There are 32 rights of pasture on the common. This is a stinted pasture: 1 stint equals 1 sheep. Four entries are freehold stints where rightholder has the option of grazing cattle (5 sheep equal 1 cow). Sheep can be accompanied with their young up to 20th November. 1 right is held in gross. 20 rights have no 'land attached' particulars. Egglestone Estate Company Ltd. claim shooting and sporting rights for game, wildfowl, birds, hares and rabbits, the right to maintain a shooting box and to erect butts and screens necessary for the enjoyment of sport. Other notes for the common are as follows: the owners for the time being shall not pare, burn, break up or cultivate any of the parts thereof; the owners for the time being of the sheep stints and land shall prevent trespass over the land on which such sporting rights are exercised and shall give the co. and its assigns such facillities for sporting as have hitherto been enjoyed by the tennants of such rights consistent with agricultural custom of the district as to pasturing and feeding stock; such manorial rights and incidents preserved by the Law of Property Act 1922 as may be still subsisting (in any) in and over ({\it inter alia}) Eggleston Common except as to mines and minerals reserved (the mines and minerals in question are lead and zinc ore and others occurring in the same deposits and the bed of coal known as Brockwell Seam). Adjoins CL38 and CL40. The common lies within the Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
Dry heath with scattered (mostly peripheral) areas of broadleaved woodland, scrub and bracken. Wannister Bog, the only known area of valley mire in lowland Durham, is situated in the southern half of the common.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by two minor, unfenced public roads and five public footpaths. There are also a number of informal footpaths. Two small car parks have been created and benches have been installed along nearby footpaths which appear to be used regularly by local people for walking.

SOURCE:
1) SSSI Citation. 
2) Limited field survey.

GNOTES:
No rights. The common lies within the Waldridge Fell Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Waldridge Fell Country Park.


GEN:
Extensive area of heathland lying between East Grinstead and Crowborough.

OWNERS:
Two parts owned separately by two private owners. Remainder  registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Open ground crossed by roads, public footpaths, bridleways, tracks and paths. Legal right of public access on foot to the whole of the common. Other activities, eg. horse riding, orienteering, take place at the discretion of the Board. Well supplied with picnic areas and car parks, and served by a team of rangers. There is an information centre.

GRAZINT:
Grazing is being carried out on an experimental basis in part of the Forest. Grazing is light for the common as a whole.

SOURCE:
East Sussex County Council. Ashdown Forest Centre and Rangers. SSSI information. SWT files. 1:10,000 scale aerial photographs.

GNOTES:
545 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, goats, pigs, donkeys and poultry. 1009 estover rights for bracken, fern, leaves, twigs, heather, softwood, willow. 10 rights of turbary, 10 rights of pannage, 8 rights of piscary. Rights are also registered in the land notes for access (27), water supply (3), horse riding (1), wood stack (1), clothes lines (3), temporary buildings (3), notice board (1), mains supply of electricity (1). Contiguous with CLs 18, 59, 67, 68, 70, 95, 108, 122, 130.


GEN:
Large area of semi-improved chalk grassland, improved grassland and scrub, with small areas of unimproved grassland.

OWNERS:
Owned by two trustees on behalf of one private owner (deceased).

ANOTES:
Crossed by A-road, minor road, public footpath and bridleway. Generally open access, quite popular for recreation. Benches provided in one area. Adjacent to residential area. Motorbike scrambling in NE outlier.

GNOTES:
Two rights for sheep pasture, cross-referenced with CL 23. c. 76ha lies in AONB.


GEN:
A large area of heathland, bracken, grassland and woodland, located around the village of North Chailey.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Chailey Parish Council. Part owned by one private owner.  Part registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Common lies within a Local Nature Reserve and has good public access via roads and rights of way. It also has car parking facilities and is covered by a ranger service.

SOURCE:
Brief site visit. SSSI information including habitat map and habitat areas.

GNOTES:
15 rights registered to graze sheep, cattle, horses and goats. 20 rights of estovers. 9 rights of turbary, 7 rights of pannage. 5 rights cross-referenced, 4 with CL 37, 1 with CL 5. Regulated by a scheme made by Chailey RDC, 815/15 under the Common Act 1899.


GEN:
An area of bracken, woodland and patchy heath, located SE of Haywards Heath.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner (registered by application).  Remainder owned by Chailey Parish Council (part by application).

ANOTES:
Common adjoins a main road and a minor road, and is located within easy access of the large new towns of Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill. It is crossed by a public footpath and has a small car park. Access is generally open, but restricted by the nature of the vegetation. The common is part of Chailey LNR.

SOURCE:
Site visit. SSSI information. Chailey Common files.

GNOTES:
2 rights registered in total:- 2 rights of pasture for horses and cattle, 2 rights of estovers - brakes and litter (bracken, ferns, twigs and leaves). Part of Chailey Common LNR and SSSI.


GEN:
Dense, spindly woodland with neglected coppice. Crossed by a stream.

GNOTES:
1 right to graze cattle. 2 rights of estovers - bracken and litter. Contiguous with CL 49. Part of a complex of common land units managed as Chailey Common Nature Reserve.


ANOTES:
The common adjoins minor roads at its north and south ends, and a bridleway runs the full length of the common. The bridleway is surfaced at the northern end, forming a drive to the houses, but the rest is a muddy track which is virtually impassable on foot in places. There are numerous unofficial paths through the wood.

GNOTES:
1 right of pasture registered, for cattle, goats, horses or sheep or pigs. 1 right of estovers for brake (bracken and fern), litter (twigs and leaves) and heather. This right only applies to part of the unit. The Electricity Board claim a right of access with respect to cables. The site is regulated by a scheme made by Chailey RDC under the Commons Act 1899.


GEN:
Two strips of land: an area of roadside scrub and grassland, and a long green lane, largely woodland covered.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a minor road, public footpath and bridleway.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 53. Regulated by a scheme made by Chailey RDC in 1915, under Commons Act 1899.


GEN:
A thin roadside strip dominated by secondary woodland, with small areas of scrub.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Remainder owned by trustee on  behalf of one private owner (deceased).

ANOTES:
Access possible from busy road which runs the length of the common.


GEN:
A valuable mosaic of habitats including woodland, heath, acid grassland and ghylls.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Part owned by Crowborough Beacon  Golf Club. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts.

GNOTES:
2 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses. 4 estover rights. 2 turbary rights.


GEN:
An area of open, disturbed, reseeded grassland, contiguous with CL 2.

OWNERS:
Owned by trustees on behalf of one private owner (deceased).

ANOTES:
Not crossed by any rights of way, but unimpeded access from CL 2, which is used heavily for informal recreation.

GNOTES:
2 rights of pasture for sheep, cross-referenced with CL 2. True area apparently less than registered area.


GEN:
An open area of unimproved grassland located to the north of Town Row, approximately 4.5kms east of Crowborough.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner (application). Remainder owned by  Rotherfield Parish Council.

ANOTES:
The common is an unfenced area of grassland which is bordered by roads on two sides. It is crossed by a signed public footpath and is used by horse riders. There is a seat at the northern end.

GNOTES:
1 right of pasture for 40 cows. 2 rights of estovers - 1 for bracken, fern, leaves and twigs, 1 for grass mowings. 1 right of turbary. The Electricity Board claim a right of access and there is one easement claimed with respect of mains services. Contiguous with CL 86.


GEN:
A golf course, with open grassland, greens, heathland, woodland and scrub, with a large pond. Outlying areas are largely wooded.

OWNERS:
Eight private owners each owning part of this unit.  Part registered  under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Crossed by and A-road, minor roads and public footpath.

GNOTES:
8 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses. 11 rights of estovers for brakes, bracken, fern, litter, twigs. Rights also for turbary, piscary and pannage.


GEN:
An area of rough, bracken-dominated pasture and woodland, located on the northern edge of Newick.

ANOTES:
The common lies near the small village of Newick and adjoins two minor roads. It is crossed by a public footpath.

GNOTES:
No rights registered. Contiguous with CL 123 and CL 41. Regulated by a scheme made by Chailey Rural District Council under the Commons Act 1899.


GEN:
An area of woodland located to the north of Danehill.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Birch Grove Estates 46 Whitcombe Street London WC2.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road and is crossed by a public footpath which is signed. There are also vehicle tracks, probably from the removal of timber, and numerous unofficial footpaths. The site appears to be used for recreation by local people, especially children.

GNOTES:
No rights registered. The common is contiguous with CL 20, CL 45 and CL 78.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Birch Grove Estates, 46 Whitcombe Street, London WC2.


GEN:
The common is a partly wooded, partly open area of ground, located 2kms west of Hailsham.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.  Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
The common is located just west of the town of Hailsham. It is crossed by a minor road, and by public bridleways to the north and south. It is heavily used by horse riders, and is also used by walkers.

GNOTES:
1 rights registered, to graze cattle and sheep. The right is given in animal 'leazes'. The right is cross-referenced with CL 50, CL 51 and CL 100.


GEN:
A series of road verges, some very thin, with mown grassland, hedges, bracken and scrub.

ANOTES:
Crossed by an A-road, a B-road, a minor road and a public footpath.

GNOTES:
3 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and horses: 6 rights of estover (brakes/litter - bracken, fern, twigs, leaves), turbary and pannage. Several cross referenced with CL 3. Regulated by a scheme made by Chailey RDC in 1915 under the Commons Act 1899.


GEN:
The verges of a busy B-road, located to the east of Burgess Hill and Keymer, and lying between two towns.

ANOTES:
The common borders a well-used B-road in a well-populated area. Traffic along the road is heavy, but the common is used for access to adjacent houses, and by horse riders avoiding the busy road.

GNOTES:
1 right of pasture, for sheep. The common is contiguous with CL 16.


GEN:
A narrow strip of land alongside a minor road. The common is mostly unmanaged bracken, woodland and scrub, but some areas have been 'adopted' and managed by residents in the adjacent houses.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins minor roads on its north and west boundaries. There is no public right of access shown on the OS map, but the Parish Council allows horse riding on marked tracks. There is a sign on the common stating this, and stating that the common is under the protection of the Parish Council.

GNOTES:
1 right of pasture registered for sheep, goats and pigs. 2 rights of estovers - 1 to take bracken, fern, leaves and twigs. The common is subject to the protection of Fletching Parish Council under Section 9 of the 1965 Act. Contiguous with CL 123 and CL 31.


GEN:
A green lane, surfaced in parts, bordered by woodland and scrub.

GNOTES:
1 right of pasture for cattle. Right of 'cattlegate'.


GEN:
Storm damaged woodland with an area of bracken and scrub.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Remainder registered under the Land  Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 20, 25, 33, 78.


GEN:
Oak dominated woodland with areas of bracken and scrub, and patches of acid grassland. Four old ponds.

ANOTES:
Crossed by paths. Used for local recreation.

GNOTES:
1 right of pasture for cattle and pigs. 2 estover rights for bracken and litter. 1 pannage right. Contiguous with CL 127 and 128.


GEN:
An area of grassland, crossed by roads and dykes. The common has some planted trees and an overgrown pond. The common is located at Wilmington, 8kms NW of Eastbourne.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Hailsham Rural District Council (successor: Wealden  District Council).

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a main and a minor road. It is located close to a residential area. The common has seats and litter bins, and is used for quiet recreation, picnicking etc.

GNOTES:
7 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses and geese. 1 right of estovers - 'grass cuttings'. Cross-referenced with CLs 35, 51, 100. Four claims to rights of access. There has been a substitution of land since the original registration.


GEN:
A small, but diverse area of predominately neutral grassland, with small areas of scrub, bisected by a minor road. Located 1km north of Wilmington, 8kms NW of Eastbourne.

OWNERS:
Owned by Hailsham Rural District Council (successor: Wealden  District Council).

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road and is unfenced. It is crossed by a public footpath which is also used by horse riders.

GNOTES:
1 right registered to graze sheep and cattle. Rights are cross-referenced with those under CLs 35, 50, 100. The right is held in animal 'leazes'.


GEN:
Verges either side of a busy road on the edge of Lower Willingdon, north-west of Eastbourne.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a main road on the edge of a large built-up area. It is crossed by a footpath, which is signposted. The west side of the road also has access to the houses, and a footpath.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 96. 1 claim to a right of access in the land notes. The Electricity Board claim an easement in respect to cables.


GEN:
Several parcels of land along the B2026, 5kms NNW of Crowborough.

ANOTES:
The common consists of several parcels of land. 3 parts are road verges of the B2026. 1 part is a track which appears to be private. The largest part adjoins the road and is crossed by tracks, one of which is a public footpath, and used by walkers and horse riders.

GNOTES:
4 rights of pasture registered, for horses, cattle, sheep and goats. 2 rights of estovers registered, and 1 of pannage. The rights are cross-referenced with CL 12, 18, 60, 81 and 95, and relate to part of the unit only. There are 6 claims to a right of access, and the Electricity Board claim an easement with respect to cables. The common is contiguous with CL 1 and CL 95.


OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Part registered under the Land  Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
Mostly bracken and scrub, with one area of woodland.

ANOTES:
Crossed by an A-road, minor road and public footpath.

GNOTES:
No rights. Since registration, three areas have been exchanged under Section 19 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. True area is smaller than the registered area.


GEN:
Storm-damaged mixed woodland on slope adjacent to a stream.


GEN:
An area of deciduous, coniferous and mixed woodland, extensively storm-damaged.

OWNERS:
Part owned by vicar and churchwardens of parish of Danehill. Part  owned privately. Part registered under the Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
Adjoined by a minor road, crossed by a public footpath.

GNOTES:
No rights. True area less than registered area. A more central grid reference would be 5410 1281


GEN:
The verges of a minor road, west of Plumpton Green. The common is in three parts, located 1km north of Streat.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road and a network of public footpaths.

GNOTES:
1 right of pasture to graze cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, geese and ducks. The right relates to part of the unit only.


GEN:
Much of the common is now dominated by arable land, but there are three small wooded areas, and a large wooded garden is present.

ANOTES:
Adjoins public road, and crossed by a public footpath and bridleway. The footpath has been ploughed and diverted unofficially.

SOURCE:
Field visit. Information from Sussex Wildlife Trust.

GNOTES:
One right of estovers - for cutting bushes, fern, gorse and underwood. One right of turbary. The site of an old lime kiln, and a gravel pit, once dug for repairs to the turnpike road, are present. 'Lunces common' derived from the Le Luns  family. Internal fences present.


OWNERS:
Part owned by Barclays Bank Ltd (Trustee Department). Remainder  registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
A formal walled pond, surrounded by amenity grassland and grouped trees. The common lies within the town of Hailsham.

ANOTES:
The common has completely open access and is managed solely as an amenity area for local people. It has seats and rubbish bins provided, is surrounded by footpaths, and is regularly used for recreation. Bye-laws prevent use of the common by wheeled vehicles, or as a venue for buying or selling. No fishing or boating is allowed.

GNOTES:
One right of pasture registered, to graze cattle and sheep. Cross-referenced with those under CLs 35, 50 and 51. Bylaws forbid boating, fishing and restrict uses of the common.


GEN:
Wooded verges of a minor road located near to Wievelsfield Green.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road and is crossed by a public footpath which winds through the adjacent woodland. The common itself is not suitable for recreational use.

GNOTES:
No rights. The registered area is larger than that calculated from the map.


GEN:
Wooded verges of a minor road, located 3.5kms NE of Ditchling.

ANOTES:
The common includes a minor road, and the footpaths are cleared and signed.

GRAZINT:
Small area opposite Gallops Farm is grazed very short by geese and ducks, but the majority of the common is ungrazed.


GEN:
Dense secondary oak woodland with an old pond and an interesting area of grassland.

OWNERS:
Ownership divided between two private owners.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road and is crossed by a public footpath. Recreational use is light.


GEN:
An area of storm-damaged woodland and scrub with small patches of open heath and bracken.

OWNERS:
Four entries detailing five private owners relating to four separate  parts of the unit.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a minor road and a bridleway. Used for horse riding.

GNOTES:
One right of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses. Two rights of estovers for brakes, litter, fern, twigs and leaves. One right of pannage. Contiguous with CLs 1 and 116.


OWNERS:
Part owned by East Sussex County Council.


GEN:
An area of woodland in a valley bottom, crossed by a road and largely unmanaged.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a minor road - access open, though woodland dense in places.


GEN:
Two areas of woodland, both storm-damaged. Northern area has been largely felled.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Part owned by one private  owner.

ANOTES:
The northern part adjoins a minor road along one boundary, and the southern part is crossed by a public footpath and touches the road at one corner.


GEN:
A small pond, surrounded by close-mown grassland with scattered trees, located in a suburban area.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Brighton.

ANOTES:
Open access from surrounding minor road. Benches provided. Fishing forbidden.

GNOTES:
No rights. Sign posted by Lewes District Council.


GEN:
16 parcels of land forming road verges around the villages of Cowbeech, Stunts Green, Herstmonceux, Flower Green and Magham Down.

ANOTES:
The common consists of the verges of minor roads around Herstmonceux. Several of the small parcels of land adjoin houses or farms, or are crossed by parts of the dense network of public footpaths. One part is a layby for parking, and other parts adjoin tracks or are crossed by tarmacked paths.

GNOTES:
No rights registered. The original boundary was disputed and part excluded.


GEN:
A mosaic of storm-damaged woodland, coniferous plantation, ruderal tall herb vegetation and improved grassland.

ANOTES:
Adjoined by a minor road and crossed by a public footpath, though footpath diverted.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL72. Internal fences. Part of common fenced off.


GEN:
Entirely surrounded by CL 15, the common contains semi-improved acidic grassland, bracken, scattered trees, houses and gardens.

ANOTES:
Crossed by a public footpath and adjacent to a minor road.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 15. One claim to right of access. True area apparently greater than the registered area. Internal fences present. Boundaries of common may be incorrect.


GEN:
Road verges and two green lanes, dominated by woodland, scrub and grassland.

ANOTES:
Adjoined by an A-road, crossed by minor road, public footpath and bridleway. Used by horse riders.

GNOTES:
No rights. Regulated by a scheme made by Chailey RDC in 1915 under the Commons Act 1899.


OWNERS:
Owned by Frinton and Walton Town Council.


GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for cattle and sheep. Grazing limited for sheep from 11th November to 1st March, and for cattle from 1st August to 1st March. Contiguous with CL 338 (Essex).


GEN:
A small area in arable fields, used a rubbish dump. Some disturbed ground and scrub.


GEN:
Most of this common is broad-leaved woodland with some old ponds and areas of neutral grasslands.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Brentwood Urban District Council (successor: Brentwood District Council). Remainder owned by one private owner.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Some permissive footpaths. Wildside walk passes through this common.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd. 1993.

GNOTES:
Seven rights entries. Two rights of estovers, one right of turbary and one right of shooting. Six rights relate to only part of the unit. One grazing right is unspecified as to what types of livestock it relates. Shooting right is for shooting of rabbits. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. Pasture for cattle, goats and animals. 

The common is part of Thorndon Park SSSI and Thorndon Country Park. Parts of the common make up County Wildlife Sites M5, W56, G17 with Habitat Survey Target Note No. 6092/1, 6091/4,5, 6090/2.


GEN:
A common of woodland and scrub east of Great Warley.

OWNERS:
Owned by Brentwood Urban District Council (successor: Brentwood District Council).

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Footpaths and bridleway. (Includes part of Tylers Common valley walk).

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd 1993 survey.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries. Three rights of estovers, two rights of turbary and one right of shooting. Estovers include entries for wood, furze, bracken and underwood. The shooting right registered is for rabbits. Pasture for cattle and goats. Virtually all in County Wildlife Site W54. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 5991/5.


GEN:
An SSSI of unimproved grassland, scrub and woodland.

OWNERS:
Four parts owned by four private owners. Part owned jointly by two private owners. Parts owned by Brentwood and Epping District Councils. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
A RUPP (Road Used as a Public Path) passes through the common. De facto access for walkers, and evidence of horse-riding.

SOURCE:
Field survey, English Nature records, Essex Ecology Services records.

GNOTES:
Eight rights entries including two rights of estovers. Rights relate to part of the unit only. Estovers relate to brushwood, undergrowth and dead wood. The Church Commissioners for England claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor of Navestock, other than ownership of land. Pasture for horses, cattle, goats and geese.

Most of the Common is SSSI. County Wildlife Site M1.


GEN:
A remnant of a larger area of heath which is scrub/wood invaded.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Church Commissioners for England part owned by the Eastern Gas Board and part owned by one private owner.

ANOTES:
Roads and paths cross the common. Open access.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. EECOS survey 1993. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries including one right of estovers and one right of turbary. Estovers relate to wood, fire kindling, blackberries, raspberries, elderberries, apples and pears. There are two claims to rights of access over this unit. Pasture for cattle, horses, sheep, goats, geese and fowls. Contiguous with CL 168 (Essex).  'Virtually identical boundary to County Wildlife Site M4'. Essex Habitat Survey Target Note No. 9418/1,2.

Included in Essex Lowland Heath Inventory Site Code No. EX/TL91/LO1.


GEN:
This common includes salt marsh and its transition to rough grassland between Fenn Creek and Woodham Creek to the west of South Woodham Ferrers.

OWNERS:
Owned by Woodham Ferrers Parish Council.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. Essex Wildlife Trust records.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Right held down by the Woodham Ferrers Parish Council. Since registration part has been deregistered following an application by Essex County Council. Pasture for one beast. Contiguous with CL 487 (Essex).

Most of the Common is SSSI, an Essex Wildlife Trust reserve and County Wildlife Site M10.

Measured area larger than given area.


GEN:
Thundersley Great Common divides into three sections, a plateau of acidic grassland with marshy pools, woodland and heath.

OWNERS:
Owned by Benfleet Urban District Council (successor: Castle Point District Council).

SOURCE:
Field survey. SSSI citiation. EECOS survey 1993.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Right relates to only part of the unit. There are two claims to a right of access over this unit. Pasture for donkeys, sheep, geese and ducks. The site contains Thundersley Great Common SSSI and County Wildife Sites G10, W7,H1 (Habitats Survey Target Note No. 7989/2)


GEN:
South of Chelmsford, Galleywood Common includes 
amenity grassland, {\it Quercus/Betula} woodland, marshy grassland, heathy grassland and bracken stands.

OWNERS:
Owned by Chelmsford Rural District Council (successor: Chelmsford District Council).

SOURCE:
Field survey. Draft Management Plan 1996. EECOS report on Commons 1993.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries. One entry unspecified as to the types of livestock it relates. Since registration part has been deregistered in connection with the Chelmsford By-Pass. There are three claims to a right of access over this unit. Pasture for cattle, goats, horses and animals. Contiguous with CL 489 (Essex).

Part Local Nature Reserve. County Wildlife Site M2 (Habitat Survey Target Note 6902/1 and 7002/1,2,4,5,6.


GEN:
Most of this common is improved grassland with a stream passing through. The western boundary is undefined on the ground.

ANOTES:
A bridleway passes across part of the common as does a footpath.


GEN:
Grasslands used for recreation near Harlow, some areas species-rich, with small areas of planted broad-leaved and coniferous woods and an artificial lake.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Harlow Urban District Council (successor: Harlow District Council). Remainder under the Land Registration Acts.

SOURCE:
Field survey, Essex Ecology Services report 1993, English Nature rceords.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. One grazing right relates to only part of this unit. Since registration part has been deregistered following an application by Harlow District Council. There is one claim to a right of access and one easement in respect of a water supply. Pasture for cattle, sheep and horses. Contiguous with CLs 167 and 488 (Essex).

The common includes County Wildlife Site G7. Habitat Survey Target Note Number 4708/1,3,4.


GEN:
A common of improved grassland and scrub near Rayne.

OWNERS:
Three parts owned by three private owners. Part owned jointly by two private owners. Remainder referred to Commons Commissioner who was unable to determine an owner. (No other decision received at time of data collection).

GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of estovers and one right of turbary. Estovers relate to tree loppings. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. Pasture for horse or pony, goats and poultry.


GEN:
Most of Nazeingwood Common is arable land with some improved grassland and ponds.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Barclays Bank Trust Company, Radbrooke Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire.

ANOTES:
Some footpaths cross the common to the north and south but there is no other formal access to the common except the cricket ground.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for sheep, cattle and horses. Grazing allowed from 1st April to 31st December each year.


GEN:
Orsett Fen is now almost all arable fields edged by scrub and includes small drains.

ANOTES:
One footpath crosses the fields. Otherwise no known access.

GNOTES:
Sixteen rights entries. Three rights are not attached to land. Grazing rights are given in form of cattle gates/leazes with equivalents for alternative stock. Two of the owners have rights entries. Pasture for cattle, sheep and horses.


OWNERS:
Referred to the Commons Commissioner who was unable to determine an owner. (No other decision received at time of data collection). EECOS survey 1993 suggests one local owner - not confirmed.

ANOTES:
De facto access, some tracks and a public road.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Right relates to only part of the unit. Pasture for cattle, goats and a horse or pony. County Wildlife Site 105.  Habitat Survey Target Note No. 6428/1.


GEN:
Semi-improved grassland, ponds and scrub either side of the B1033.

ANOTES:
Open access. 'Travellers' in residence. Group wildlife outing in progress during survey.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 114 (Essex).
Habitat Survey Target Note 1622/2.


GEN:
Moderately species-rich grassland with 'islands' of scrub. The two ponds are part of CL416 which is contiguous with this common.

ANOTES:
Open access for walking and horse-riding (horse-exercise circles).

GRAZINT:
Right to graze cattle exists, not known if used.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. The right is not attached to any land. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CL 416 (Essex). County Wildlife Site G7. Habitat survey Target Note No. 9587/1.


OWNERS:
Referred to the Commons Commissioner who was unable to determine an owner. (No other decision received at time of data collection).

GNOTES:
Two rights entries including one right of estovers. Rights of estovers relate to the cutting of hay. One right is not attached to land. There are two claims to rights of access over this unit. Pasture for horses and goats.


GEN:
A large area of heathland now being invaded by scrub and woodland, near town of Danbury.

GRAZINT:
Controlled grazing by 8 sheep in one area.

SOURCE:
Limited field survey. National Trust records.

GNOTES:
Four rights entries. Four rights of estovers and three rights of shooting. Estovers include entries for firewood, tree loppings, gorse, bracken and underwood. Three rights are not attached to land. Pasture for cattle.

All of the common is a SSSI. Part is an Essex Wildlife Trust Reserve. CWS M8.

Essex Habitat Survey Target Note No. 7803/1, 7804/1, 7704/1,2,3.

Included in Essex Grassland Inventory and Essex Heathland Inventory.


GEN:
Lingwood Common has much ancient woodland, some remnant heath and acid grasslands. Old coppice of chestnut present.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Used by walkers and horse-riders. Part of a Wildside Walk and Admiral McHardy Way.

SOURCE:
National Trust records. Field survey. SSSI citation.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. Two rights of estovers and two rights of shooting. Rights of estovers are for the collection of firewood. Rights are not attached to land. Part of Blake's Wood and Lingwood SSSI. County Wildlife Site W82. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 7705/1.


GEN:
High Common consists of two small areas of woodland, North of Danbury.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with woodland, north of Thundersley.

GNOTES:
No rights. EECOS survey 1993. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 7889/3


GEN:
Chalks Green is species-rich grassland, while Cloghams Green is amenity grassland.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit.  Essex County Wildlife Site G83. Included in Essex Grassland Inventory.


OWNERS:
Owned by Layer-de-la-Haye Parish Council


GEN:
Most of this common is secondary woodland with some old coppice, heath and a small bog. This common is part of the Danbury Ridge complex of reserves that are managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

SOURCE:
Brief Field survey, EWT Handbook and EECOS survey 1993.

GNOTES:
No rights.  Part of Woodham Walter Common SSSI. EWT managed reserve. Essex CWS W1.   Essex Habitat Target Note No. 7906/1


ANOTES:
No apparent access restriction. Start Valley Way/Forest Way passes along road.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for cows. Contiguous with CL 472 (Essex).


GEN:
A small area of commonland parallel to the Grove Farm Road, with {\it Quercus robur} woodland.

GNOTES:
No rights. EECOS survey - Habitat Survey Target Note No. 8814/4.


OWNERS:
Owned by Gray and Sons (Brewers) Ltd. Chelmsford.


GEN:
Various grasslands and planted wood. A smaller section to the north is of thick scrub.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. One right relates to only one part of the unit. Pasture for horses. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 8812/1,2.


GEN:
This common is largely even-aged {\it Quercus robur} woodland with some ponds

GNOTES:
Three rights entries. One shooting right and one right of common in soil. The grazing rights do not specify the types of livestock allowed. Pasture for animals. Essex Habitat Target Note No. 6004/1


GEN:
A common that is a 2 km track with hedges either side of it.

ANOTES:
A 'Public Byway' with much use by farm vehicles.

GNOTES:
Habitat Survey Target Note Nos. 6828/1 and 6728/1
No rights. Measured area greater than registered area.


GEN:
A large pond and associated land to the south of the village of Herongate.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd survey of 1993.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. One grazing right is unspecified as to what types of livestock it relates. One entry allows grazing over part of the unit only. Pasture for horses and animals.


GEN:
Most of Park Green is unimproved grassland edged by scrub.

ANOTES:
Open access, used by horse-riders and walkers.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. Essex Ecology Services survey 1993.


GEN:
Small pockets of grassland crossed by access roads in the hamlet of Mallows Green.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd 1993 survey.


GEN:
A species-rich village common with small amounts of scrub.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services survey 1993.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for horses, goats and a donkey. Essex Habitat Survey Target Note No. 4625/1. County Wildlife Site G12.


GEN:
Mill Green Common is mostly broad-leaved woodland 
with a small area of acid grassland and heath.

ANOTES:
Road passes through the common. Presumed 'open access' due to many small paths.  St Peter's Way passes through the common. Some cycling in 'dells' in the woods.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd survey 1993.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 102 (Essex). 
'Virtually all protected within County Wildlife Sites W87, W90, H1.'  Habitat Survey Target Note No. 6301/1 and 6401/3. Included in Essex Heathland Inventory.


OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner (not disputed). Parts registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.


GEN:
Coombe Green is mostly {\it Quercus} woodland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Essex County Council (application). Remainder owned by one private owner.

ANOTES:
A 'Permissive Bridleway' passes through the common.

GNOTES:
No rights. Partly within County Wildlife Site W36 (ancient wood).


GEN:
Ancient grassland with scrub and {\it Quercus} woodland, to the west of Little Burstead.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd. 1993 survey.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries including one right of estovers and one right of turbary. One right relates to only part of the unit. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses and a donkey. Contiguous with Cl 478 (Essex). County Wildlife Site M1.


GEN:
Neutral grasslands - road verges edged by scrub with a large pond, in the Upper Green part of Langley.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd survey 1993.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with VG 85 (Essex).


GEN:
A series of neutral 'road verge' grasslands with small ponds, around Lower Green at Langley.

OWNERS:
Protected by local authority under Section 9 of the Commons Registration Act of 1965.

GRAZINT:
A few geese grazing at the time of survey.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd. survey 1993. Habitat Code No 4334/4,6.

GNOTES:
Protected by the local authority under Section 9 of the 1965 Commons Registration Act.


GEN:
This common is roadside verge and a pond near the village of Stock.


GEN:
An ancient grassland area on the flood plain of the River Stort. Managed under the Lammas system of grazing/hay cutting.

OWNERS:
Owned by one private owner. One owner declared void and owner changed by the Commons Commissioner. Now owned jointly by Essex Wildlife Trust and Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.

ANOTES:
De facto access with public footpaths and canal tow paths.

GRAZINT:
Under Lammas grazing/hay cutting system.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Common Land Survey report for the Herts section of the common. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Eight rights entries including one right of estovers. Five entries relate to only part of the unit. There are limitations on grazing at certain times of year, eg: sheep can be grazed from 11th November to 1st March. Pasture for sheep, cattle and horses. Contiguous with CL 314 (Essex) and CL 91 (Hertfordshire). In practice one primary grazier/commoner (Cattle and Hay).

Part of SSSI. Essex Wildlife Trust reserve. This common constitutes all of County Wildlife Site CW8 and parts of G9 and W16.

Habitat Survey Target Note No. 4110/1,2.


GEN:
This common is the largest fragment of lowland heath in Essex, with acidic grassland, invading scrub and secondary woodland.

SOURCE:
Field survey. SSSI citation. EECOS survey 1993.
Tiptree Heath - its history and natural history by Laurie Forsyth (Essex Field Club 1978).

GNOTES:
No rights. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit.  SSSI - Tiptree Heath. CWS H1.


OWNERS:
Owned by Little Hallingbury Parish Council.


GEN:
Improved and marshy grassland used for recreation.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Church Commissioners claim rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor, other than ownership of the land. This includes ownership of any minerals together with rights to work these. 'Virtually all protected as County Wildlife Site G1' Habitat survey Target Note No. 5397/1.


GEN:
A common that lies either side of the road from Waltham Hall to Molehill Green. It includes scrub and road verges.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with VG 10 (Essex). EECOS survey mentions that this common ' Largely coincides with CWS G65'.


ANOTES:
Paths and a minor road cross the common.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for animals. The types of livestock are not specified.  County Wildlife Site G28.  Habitat Survey Target Note No. 0017/1 and 0018/1.


GEN:
A triangle of roadway, scrub and grassland.


OWNERS:
Nine private owners relating to five separate parts of the unit.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Trustees of the Marylandsea Bay Yacht Club.


OWNERS:
Land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act.


OWNERS:
Part owned by the Church Commissioners for England.


GEN:
Open grasslands with a parkland aspect, including old oaks and recently planted trees.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for cattle. Most of the site is County Wildlife Site G44.


GEN:
CL 228 consists of several old commons including semi-improved grasslands and arable land. A separate area to the south-west is horse-grazed poor semi-improved grassland.

ANOTES:
No access. Past problems with encampments on Fort Road Common and Hallhill Common.

GNOTES:
Twenty rights entries. Two of the rights are not attached to any land. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses and donkeys. All the rights are held in sheep "stints" with stock equivalents for cattle, horses and donkeys. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. Essex Habitat Survey Target Note No. 6576/1. Cattle and horse grazing on southernmost part. (Only horse-grazing at time of survey).


GEN:
Secondary woodland, scrub and ancient grassland North of Little Burstead.

ANOTES:
Open access with footpaths and a bridleway.  Part of Basildon District Circular Footpath. Bridleway and Footpath separated through northern section.

GNOTES:
Five rights entries, including one right of common in soil for gravel. Pasture for horses, donkeys, sheep, cattle and pigs. The grazing rights are given in "stints": 1 stint equal six sows or six full grown pigs or two weavels.  County Wildlife site M4


OWNERS:
Owned by Exchem Holdings Ltd. 30 Cursitor Street London EC4.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance.


OWNERS:
Owned by Brightlingsea Urban District Council (transferred to the Brightlingsea Town Council).


GEN:
Saltmarshes and mudflats on the River Colne estuary.

SOURCE:
Field survey. SSSI citation. Essex Ecology Surveys Ltd. survey 1993.

GNOTES:
No rights.  Part of Colne Estuary SSSI. Part of National Nature Reserve. Part of Ramsar Site and County Wildlife Site C1. Colne Estuary is a Nature Conservation Review site.


GEN:
All woodland, part of which is called 'Sanctuary Wood' south of Holden's Wood.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Part registered under the Land Registration Acts. Remainder subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

SOURCE:
Very limited field survey. Essex Ecology Services 1993 survey.

GNOTES:
No rights. Mostly within County Wildlife Sites W49 and W50. Habitat Survey Target Note number 5990/2 and 5991/6. True area is less than registered area.


GEN:
A small common of scrub, rough grassland and a pond.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of estovers and one right of piscary. The right of estovers is for firewood. Pasture for cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, horses and donkeys.


GEN:
'Moderately species-rich grasslands used for recreation'. Includes an area of woodland.

ANOTES:
Open access. Used for recreation including a model-aircraft flying site.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd. survey 1993.

GNOTES:
No rights. 'Boundary virtually identical to CWS G6'.


SOURCE:
Brief field survey. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for cattle, sheep and horses. Grazing limited for sheep from 11th November to 1st March, and, for horses and cattle from 1st August to 1st March. Contiguous with Cl 121 (Essex). Most of the site is within County Wildlife Site G9. All in a Countryside Stewardship scheme. Essex Wildlife Trust have an option to buy this common.


GEN:
Pantling's Lane is a long 'green lane' common with scrub hedges, grassland and ponds.

ANOTES:
The whole common is a trackway with public right of way.

GNOTES:
No rights. Essex Habitat survey target note number 8320/1.


GEN:
Two long strips of common land either side of a minor road, with woodland and verge grassland.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd report 1993.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 480 (Essex). Small triangle of land at west end of common is is County Wildlife Site G7. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 5799/6 and 5899/3.


GEN:
Pledgdon Green is semi-improved grassland.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. Pasture for cattle, goats, ponies and pigs. County Wildlife Site G64. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 5626/1.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Governors of the Charitable Foundation known as Sir Anthony Brownes School at Brentwood.


GEN:
Improved grasslands, seasonally grazed. A railway line passes through the site, which is to the NW of Harlow in the Stort valley.

OWNERS:
Part owned jointly by two private owners. Remainder of the land registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries including one right of estovers. Pasture for cattle, horses and sheep. Grazing is limited for sheep from 11th November to 1st March, and, for cattle and horses from 1st August to 1st March. The right of estovers is for hay. Contiguous with CL 410 (Essex).


OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Ownership entry not disputed. Owner is also the rightholder on this unit.


GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 269 (Essex). Part of Colne Estuary SSSI. Part of National Nature Reserve. Ramsar Site.  Country Wildlife Site C1.


OWNERS:
Owned by The Company for the Propogation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America.


GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 420 (Essex).


GEN:
A common of secondary woodland and planted trees, west of Ashingdon.


GEN:
A trackway with scrub and two ponds within Great Wakering Common.

GNOTES:
No rights. Partly within County Wildlife Site G7.
Habitat Survey Target Survey No 9587/1.


GEN:
An ancient woodland noted for pollarded {\it Carpinus betulus} and areas of marsh.

ANOTES:
Essex Way passes through. A permissive path passes through main habitats of the reserve.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. Essex Ecology Services Ltd.
survey 1993.  Essex Wildlife Trust reserve.

GNOTES:
No rights. Part of Epping Forest SSSI. Essex Willife Trust Nature Reserve. County Wildlife Site M7. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 4802/1.


GEN:
This common is a 'green lane', with associated scrub and wood, that links older woodlands.

ANOTES:
Open access. Bridleway.  Part of St. Peter's Way.
Part of the track used for vehicular access to College Wood.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 93 (Essex). County Wildlife Site W77. Habitat Survey Target Note No. 6201/1.


GEN:
A common of roadside verges near Standon Massey.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Standon Massey Parish Council. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
Two small improved, but little used fields - registered as common in lieu of land lost to the M11 road.

OWNERS:
There are no details in the ownership section. Presumably as Harlow District Council registered the unit, they are owners of the land.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. Pasture for cattle, sheep and horses. Registered under section 13 of the Commons Registration Act 1965, by Harlow District Council in exchange for part of CL 21 (removed by Compulsory Purchase Order for the M11).


GEN:
A woodland common adjacent to planted woodland and orchards.

ANOTES:
No formal access to the wood, though evidence of informal access (surveyed from adjacent track).


GEN:
An expanse of semi-improved neutral grassland in the Severn floodplain. The common is of importance to breeding waders and supports some rare plants and ground beetles.

OWNERS:
Part owned by The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Tewkesbury. Part owned by one private owner (not original applicant).

ANOTES:
A number of public footpaths cross the common and there is a permissive route around the perimeter of the southern half of the common making a complete circuit. A notice requests that the public keep to the public footpaths but the whole area is probably used for informal recreation after the hay has been cut.

SOURCE:
Field survey, English Nature SSSI citation and file (incl. National Rivers Authority survey, 19-22.07.93, A. McDonald survey, 15.05.87).

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture vested in the Trustees of Tewkesbury Commons under statute 48 George III c. 153 and accordingly held in gross (1808). This is of exclusive right to the aftermath from 12th August until 13th February each year. From 12th August to 20th November 200 cattle or sheep may be grazed or 1000 sheep. However from 10th October until 20th November horses and cattle are not to be grazed unless at least 35 at least for every acre are depastured. From 20th November to 13th February only 1000 sheep may be grazed. The common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (Severn Ham SSSI). The common adjoins CL379.


GEN:
A common comprising confluent stretches of two rivers, one artificially created and partly navigated by boats. A good aquatic vegetation occurs over parts of both rivers the south-north running stretch of the River Swilgate being largely choked with species-poor vegetation and overgrown in places.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Tewkesbury Borough Council. Part owned by Tewkesbury Town Council. Remainder under the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
The River Swilgate part is crossed by the A38 and a minor road (Link Road), lies adjacent to a minor road for a small part of the length and is crossed by two public footpaths (the southernmost one running alongside it for a short distance). The River Swilgate also crosses an open recreation area east of the A38 where a young boy was fishing. 
A well used footpath runs along the north-west bank of the Mill Avon on the adjoining CL21 (partly a public right of way, remainder a permissive route). The area north of the Abbey Mill is used for boating with moorings provided. There is a picnic area near the south-western end of the Mill Avon portion.

SOURCE:
Site visit. Gloucestershire Environmental Data Unit records (Ecological Survey of the Mill Avon - report to the National Rivers Authority by S.R.J. Barker, Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy, 25.06.92, Survey of Riverine Habitats 1978 - River Swilgate 13.09.78).

GNOTES:
There is one right of piscary on this common held by the Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Tewkesbury (ie. held in gross). The common adjoins CL21 (a SSSI) to the west. Some dumping of rubbish in the River Swilgate was noted.


GEN:
The common consists of a relatively large area of low-lying improved and semi-improved neutral grassland adjacent to the River Avon and a stretch of the River Avon adjoining CL323.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a single well used public footpath. The section of the River Avon to the north is a popular boating area.

GNOTES:
There is one right of piscary on the common. The measured area far exceeds the registered area. A strip of the River Avon adjoining the land area of the common was shown on the commons register to have rights but was not included within the boundary. Part of the common adjoins CL323.


GEN:
A large area of low-lying semi-improved neutral grassland subject to annual winter flooding of importance to breeding and over-wintering waders and wildfowl.

OWNERS:
9 parts owned separately by 9 private owners. 2 parts each owned jointly by 2 private owners. Part owned jointly by 3 private owners.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed (? bisected) by the M5. There are no public rights of way on the common. Two minor roads lead to the edge of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit (limited), English Nature SSSI citation and file (incl. A. McDonald survey, 01.07.87).

GNOTES:
There are seventeen rights entries on the commons register, all for cows, horses and sheep. The rights are allocated as "halfacre" rights,  "Farndells" (half a "halfacre") and cottage rights. 1 "halfacre" right = 2.5 cows from 7th May - 4th June and 2nd July - 12th August on Summer Leasow, 2 "halfacre" rights = 5 cows and 2 horses between 12th August and 31st December over part of the common and 3 "halfacre" rights = 30 sheep between 10th October and 31st December over part of the common. A "Farndell" corresponds to half a "halfacre" ie. 1.25 cows for 1 "Farndell", 2.5 cows and 1 horse for 2 "Farndells" and 15 sheep for 3 "Farndells" restricted as above. 1 cottage right = 1 cow, 2 cottage rights = 2 cows and 1 horse, and 3 cottage rights = 10 sheep. The rights entries are listed as follows; 3 "halfacre" rights; 4 "halfacre" rights; 8 "halfacre" rights; 1 "halfacre" right; 3 "halfacre" rights; 3 "halfacre" rights plus 4 cottage rights; 1 cottage right; 2 cottage rights; 5 "halfacre" rights; 6 "halfacre" rights; 1 "halfacre" plus 2 "Varndells" and 2 cottage rights; 2 cottage rights; 4 "halfacre" rights; 1 cottage right; 14 "halfacre" rights; one cottage right. All of the rights are cross referenced as follows; 14 with CL258, 13 with CL259, 17 with CL265, 14 with CL317, 9 with CL318 and 9 with VG148. One entry is held in gross and two held partly in gross. 
The majority of the common lies within the Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow Site of Special Scientific Interest. The common adjoins CL378.


OWNERS:
Originally owned by one private owner. Now owned by Twyning Parish Council.


GEN:
An abandoned area of common land of predominantly tall ruderal vegetation with scattered scrub and an area of continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by a minor road and crossed by two tracks. There are no public rights of way on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are 14 rights of pasture on the common for sheep (1) and cattle, horses and sheep (13). There appears to be a discrepancy on the commons register which states that 11 of the rights are cross referenced but lists them as follows; 12 with CL259, 13 with CL265, 13 with CL317, 8 with CL318, 8 with VG148 and 13 CL323. Two of the rights are held in gross and one held partly in gross. The owner claims the right to mines, minerals, limestone, lime, clay, stone, sand, gravel, quarries together with the right to work these and to access. The owner also claims the sporting rights (including fishing) and the right to plant trees and to take timber.


GEN:
An area of predominantly semi-improved neutral grassland with areas of tall ruderal vegetation, continuous and scattered scrub, semi-natural broadleaved woodland and unimproved calcareous grassland.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by the M50, the A38 and a minor road. It is crossed by a minor road, four public footpaths and a public bridleway. The common is fenced on most sides but open to the minor road which crosses the northern end of the westernmost part. There are a number of additional tracks crossing part of this open area which is apparently used as open access by the public. Recreational use is moderate.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature site file, Gloucestershire Environmental Data Unit records, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are 23 rights of pasture on the common for horses, cattle or sheep (19), sheep (3) and sheep or cattle (1). 16 of the rights are cross-referenced as follows; 13 with CL258, 12 with CL259, 13 with CL317, 8 with CL318, 8 with VG148 and 16 with CL323. 5 of the rights are held in gross and one held partly in gross. There is one claim of a right of access to property. The owner is a rightholder and claims the right to mines, minerals, limestone, lime, clay, stone, sand, gravel, and quarries together with rights to work these and to access. The owner also claims the sporting rights (including fishing) and the right to plant trees and to take timber. Dumping of rubbish was noted on the western part of the common.


OWNERS:
Owned by The Incumbent for the time being of St. Peter's Church, Willersey.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with areas of tall ruderal vegetation with scattered scrub and an interesting area of semi-improved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub and frequent anthills.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by two minor roads. It is crossed by two public footpaths and a third runs alongside. Recreational use of the common is moderate.

GNOTES:
There are thirteen rights of pasture on the common for cattle, sheep or horses. All the rights are cross-referenced as follows; 13 with CL258, 12 with CL259, 13 with CL265, 8 with CL318, 8 with VG148 and 13 with CL323. Three of the rights are held in gross and one held partly in gross. There is one claim by the owner to mines, minerals, limestone, lime, clay, stone, sand, gravel and quarries together with rights to work these and to access. The owner also claims the sporting rights (including fishing) and the right to plant trees and to take timber.


GEN:
Two small areas supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland and semi-improved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
Two islands of land bounded by the M50, slip roads and the A38. There are no public rights of access and both parts are fenced.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to the common. Some dumping of rubbish was noted. The measured area is less than the registered area.


OWNERS:
Owned by Burton-on-the-Water Parish Council.


GEN:
An extensive area of limestone grassland in the Cotswolds, a large proportion of which is unimproved. Parts have elements of heathland vegetation also reflected in the scattered scrub covering much of the site. Parts have been extensively quarried in the past. It is a popular recreation area and there is a golf course at the northern end of the common.

ANOTES:
A number of public footpaths and a few public bridleways cross the common including the Cotswold Way. There is an access agreement over Cleeve Common (Oct 1985) and it is popular with walkers, horse riders and cyclists. Car parking is provided where the common meets the A46 and also where the minor roads end at the edge of the common (SO994248 and SP011236). There is a golf course at the northern end of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation, Cotswold grassland inventory survey (01.06.92, 18.08.92, 24.09.92), English Nature SSSI file, Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are 24 rights of pasture as follows; cattle, horses and sheep (7), cattle and horses (1), cattle and sheep (11), sheep (1), horses (1), cattle (1), cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, and goats (1), and sheep, goats and horses (1). Two of the rights are for the summer months only, one from April-October, and one from 30th April-30th November. One right is limited to part of the unit only. Two of the rights are cross referenced, one with CL87 and one with CL314. There is one claim of access to property. The common is regulated by Cleeve Common Board of Conservators. Most of the common lies within the Cleeve Common Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and  the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common adjoins CL293. Part of the common is walled off and under arable cultivation.


GEN:
An area of low lying damp semi-improved neutral grassland with a small area of marshy grassland.

OWNERS:
Land under the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the 1965 Commons Registration Act.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to the A417 and is crossed by one public footpath. It does not appear to be much used for recreation.

SOURCE:
Field visit, Gloucestershire Commons Survey (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, 23.04.80).

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture for pony and 25 poultry and one right of piscary for Ampney Brook.


GEN:
A small area of broadleaved woodland, much used for recreation.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to the A424 and a minor road. It is fenced off from the road but with access to the public footpath which bisects the common. There are a number of other well used paths crossing the common. The area is used for horse riding and apparently for cycling.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights for this common. The common lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive area. The measured area is less than register area.


GEN:
An area of coarse semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered ornamental trees and a small pond.

OWNERS:
Owned by Wyck Rissington Parish Council.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by the minor road through Wyck Rissington which forms part of the Oxfordshire Way. It is crossed by a public footpath and a public bridleway and there are a number of access tracks across the common to properties.

GNOTES:
There are 18 rights of pasture for horses or ponies, ducks or geese (1), horses or ponies (1), horses, ponies or cattle, ducks or geese (3), cattle, horses, sheep, or geese (3), cattle, sheep, horses, goats, geese (1), horses, cattle, or poultry (3), horses, cattle, sheep, fowls, ducks, geese, goats (1), cattle, horses and sheep (1), horses and cattle (4), animals (not specified) (1). 11 of these rights are limited to times set by the Parish Council and one limited to May-September. One right is held in gross. There is one claim to a right of way. The common lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The measured area is less than a hectare.


GEN:
An area of rich semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a small proportion of semi-improved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to the B4070 and there are laybys used for parking cars along the roadside on the common. A public footpath runs along the southern edge of the common just outside the boundary bisecting the south-western end and a second bisects the eastern end. A public bridleway crosses the common. There is a network of other paths in the wooded part which appears to have {\it de facto} right of access. The common is used by walkers and horse riders.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society Records.

GNOTES:
There are no rights registered on this common. The common lies adjacent to CL12 and partly lies within the Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest (see map under entry for CL12). It lies within both the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. Two properties with gardens are located on the common. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area predominantly of rank unimproved and semi-improved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
This common lies adjacent to the A46 and is bisected by a minor road. Part of the common is used as a car park and it is managed as a picnic area. There is little recreational use of the common.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common. There are two claims of access to properties. The common lies adjacent to CL20 and falls within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. There is some dumping of garden waste on the common. The measured area is less than the register area.


GNOTES:
The measured area is less than a hectare.


GEN:
Until recently an area of unimproved neutral meadow which has had some fertiliser applied and is now apparently semi-improved (it had just been cut for hay when visited).

OWNERS:
Owned by the President and scholars of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a single well used public footpath.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Wildlife Heritage Survey 13.06.84.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights attached to this common. The common is a Wildlife Heritage Key Site (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust) and lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


OWNERS:
Owned by Poulton Parish Council (now conveyed to Cotswold District Council).


GEN:
An area of diverse semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by two public bridleways and one public footpath. It forms part of the Cotswolds Commons and Beechwoods National Nature Reserve. Recreational use is moderate.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file.

GNOTES:
There are a total of 42 rights attached to this common. According to the rights entry 33 rights are cross-referenced from CL12 but the entry for CL12 states that 40 are cross-referenced. The entries listed for CL116 are as follows; estovers (19), turbary and estovers (1), horses, beasts and estovers (2), cattle, horses and estovers (1), horses and estovers (2), cattle, sheep and estovers (2), cattle and estovers (3), poultry and estovers (1).

The common forms part of the Cotswolds Commons and Beechwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest and is a National Nature Reserve (for a map showing the boundary please see under the entry for CL12). The common also lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area.


GEN:
An area of low-lying predominantly semi-improved neutral grassland managed for pasture and hay meadow crossed by a number of wet ditches. Scrub, a strip of woodland and the hedgerows add diversity to the site.

OWNERS:
Five parts owned separately by five private owners. Part owned  jointly by two private owners. Remainder is unclaimed.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by the A38 at the eastern end and a disused railway line. It adjoins a minor road to the north and is crossed by a couple of tracks. A number of public rights of way (footpaths and bridleways) cross the common excluding the area west of Mythe Brook. There is moderate use of the public rights of way.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust survey 25.05.90.

GNOTES:
There are five rights of pasture (2 held in gross, ie. not attached to land) for cattle, sheep and horses (4) and cattle and sheep (1). One right is limited to part of the common with grazing limited to between 12th August and 2nd February, and 4 limited to another part with grazing all year except between 2nd February and 1st May. One of the owners claims the right to mines, minerals, limestone, lime, clay, stone, sand, gravel, pits or quarries, with the rights of access to and to work these. The owner also claims all rights of warren, piscaries, and other rights of hunting, shooting, fishing, fowling and otherwise taking fish, fowl and game, the right to plant trees and all rights to timber. The measured area is less than the register area.


GNOTES:
The common lies within the Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods SSSI.


GEN:
An area of species-rich calcareous grassland with scrub encroachment fringed with young semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
A minor road, a public bridleway and several public footpaths cross the common. It is a popular amenity area.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey 23.05.91 and 03.06.91, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are four rights of pasture on this common as follows; horses or ponies (1), horses, beasts or sheep (1) and horses, cattle or sheep (2). Three of these rights are cross-referenced with CL162 and one with CL152. There is also one right of turbary and one of common in the soil. The common lies within the Cotswolds Commons and Beechwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest (for map showing the complete boundary see under entry for CL12). It also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area of species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub and semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road to the south and a track to the north. It is crossed by four public footpaths and a public bridleway. It is a popular recreation area concentrated around the Devil's Chimney stack and the triangulation point. The area is used for mountain biking.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file (incl. J. Bingham survey 07.06.88), Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (25.06.92), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common. The majority of the common lies within the Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common Site of Special Scientific Interest. It also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common adjoins CL172 and CL173.


GEN:
An area of species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub and small areas of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by two public footpaths a public bridleway and a road used as a public path. The Cotswold Way crosses the common. The area is used by mountain bikes. A mown picnic area is provided in the south-west and there is some provision for car parking along the track along the northern edge of the common.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common.  Most of the common lies within the Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common Site of Special Scientific Interest. It also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common adjoins CL171.


GEN:
Additional parts of Leckhampton Hill (CL171) comprising species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland, continuous scrub, scattered trees, tall ruderal vegetation and an area under arable cultivation.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by two public footpaths. There is a car park provided on the common. Mountain bikes appear to frequent the quarry area and there is a notice prohibiting motorcycles.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file (incl J. Bingham survey, 07.06.88), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common.  Most of the common lies within the Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common Site of Special Scientific Interest. It also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common adjoins CL171. Some dumping of farm rubbish was noted on the common.


GEN:
An area of predominantly unimproved and semi-improved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub and an adjoining strip of semi-natural broadleaved woodland and scrub.

OWNERS:
Part registered under The Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. The remainder under the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the 1965 Commons Registration Act.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by three public footpaths and one public bridleway. The Cotswold Way crosses the common. The public rights of way are well used.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Heritage survey (22.08.84), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture on the common for sheep or beasts (1) and cattle or sheep (1). The majority of the common is a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Key Site. The common lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
A common of predominantly unimproved calcareous grassland and scattered scrub with areas of woodland and continuous scrub. A popular viewpoint.

OWNERS:
Owned by Gloucestershire County Council.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by the old route of the A417 (now used as a car park) and crossed by the new route. It is crossed by two public footpaths, one of which forms part of the Cotswold Way. The common is a popular viewpoint and there are a number of additional paths across the common. The grassland to the immediate west of the car park is well trampled an is probably used for picnicking.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file (incl. T. Warrick survey 24.07.86), Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey 02.08.91, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The majority of the common lies within the Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake Site of Special Scientific Interest. It also lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
Three pieces of land adjoining Cleeve Common, two of unimproved calcareous grassland and one of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
This register unit consists of additional parts of CL20 (Cleeve Common). The two northern parts are continuous with Cleeve Common although not crossed by any public rights of way. The southern part is situated on a spur of the common and is crossed by a well used public bridleway and two public footpaths.

SOURCE:
Field visit, SSSI citation, Cotswold Grassland Inventory.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Part of the common lies within Cleeve Common Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common adjoins CL20. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area of species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub and areas of continuous scrub.

OWNERS:
Land under the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
The common is divided by a minor road and what was presumably a track but which is no longer visible on the ground. A track crosses the common and a single public footpath. However the area is used as a public open space. The common is marked as a view point on the Ordnance survey map and a car park is provided presumably by the local authority. Recreational use is moderate.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (17.08.92), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records, Gloucestershire Wildlife Heritage survey (15.08.84).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. The common is a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Key Site and lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is internal fencing on the common. The measured area is less than the registered area.


OWNERS:
Owned by Lower Slaughter Parish Council.


GEN:
A common comprising species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland becoming invaded with tall ruderal species, and scattered scrub with areas of continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent and is open to the A436. It is bisected by a minor road and crossed by an old disused track. There is a layby to the south of the western portion. There are no public rights of way and recreational use is minimal if at all.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. A small strip of land along the roadside is excluded. The common lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
Land on both sides of a public bridleway supporting continuous scrub with scattered trees and areas of semi-improved neutral grassland and tall ruderal vegetation.

ANOTES:
The common comprises land an either side of a well used public bridleway. The bridleway is excluded from the common.

GNOTES:
There is one right attached to this common of pannage, estovers, piscary, hawking and shooting. The right is cross-referenced with CL73. There is one claim of access. The common adjoins CL73 to the south. The bridlepath is excluded from the common (taken as being 2m wide for the purposes of the area measurements). The common lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A notice at the junction of the bridleway and the B4450 states "Heath Lane Nature Reserve. The dumping of refuse and garden rubbish is prohibited, Bledington Parish Council". The measured area is less than the registered area.


ANOTES:
There are no public rights of way on the common but public footpaths run along the eastern and western boundaries.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on the common. The common lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies adjacent to CL135. The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
A common supporting continuous scrub and unimproved calcareous grassland suffering from invasion with tall ruderal species and scrub encroachment.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Gloucestershire County Council. Remainder under the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act, 1965.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to a minor road. It is crossed by one public footpath, one public bridleway and a few additional paths. The common lies within the Crickley Hill Country Park managed by Gloucestershire County Council. Part of the common is used for car parking. Recreational use is mostly walking although there was evidence of mountain biking.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory Survey June/July 1991, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are no rights on this common. The majority of the common lies within the Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake Site of Special Scientific Interest. It also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and forms part of the Crickley Hill Country Park.


GEN:
An area of species-rich semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by minor roads and the A46. It is crossed by a number of public footpaths including the Cotswold Way. The area is a National Nature Reserve and has {\it de facto} right of access. Recreational use includes walking, running and horse riding. There are several small car parks around the periphery of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file, Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are 47 registered rights on this common all cross-referenced with CL12. 13 rights are limited to estovers only on CL79. The remaining 34 rights are identical to the CL12 entries; 25 for estovers only, 2 for horses plus estovers, 1 horses or beasts plus estovers, 2 cattle or sheep plus estovers, 3 cattle plus estovers, and 1 poultry plus estovers. There is one claim of access to property.

The common forms part of the Cotswolds Commons and Beechwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest and is also a National Nature Reserve (for boundary see under entry for CL12). It lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. It adjoins CL12 and CL115. There is some dumping of garden waste on the common.


GEN:
An area of diverse semi-natural broadleaved woodland with small areas of unimproved calcareous and semi-improved neutral grassland. There is a large disused quarry on the common.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to the A46 and a minor road. It is crossed by a number of public footpaths (including the Cotswold Way) and a single public bridleway. There are a number of other paths used by walkers and horse riders. There is a popular view point and the common is the location of an annual cheese rolling competition.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey 17.09.91, Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are eighteen rights of pasture on this common as follows: sheep, horses, cattle and goats (1), horses and goats (4), horses (10), sheep, horses, cattle, goats and geese (1), horses and cattle (1) and animals (1, unspecified). These relate to part of the unit only. Other rights are estovers (19), turbary (7), pannage (5, 2 quantified) and common in the soil (2). The common adjoins CL79 to the south.
The common lies within the Cotswolds Commons and Beechwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest, is a Local Nature Reserve and lies within both the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. For the boundary of the SSSI please see under entry for CL12. The LNR boundary is the same as the common boundary.


GNOTES:
There are no rights entries on this common. The measured area is less than 1ha.


GEN:
An area of wet tall ruderal vegetation with scattered scrub and small areas of woodland adjacent to a stream.

ANOTES:
Knapton Green lies adjacent to the A4110. There are no public rights of way across the common and no recreational use.

GNOTES:
There are two rights entries for this common including two rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and pigs and one of pannage. Some dumped garden rubbish was noted and there is a roadside layby on the common.


GEN:
A small common supporting improved and semi-improved neutral grassland, broadleaved woodland, continuous scrub and a pond.

ANOTES:
Meer common is bordered by two minor roads. There are no public rights of way on the common and recreational use is limited.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture on this common for cattle, sheep, geese, ducks, horses and donkeys.


GNOTES:
There are four rights entries for this common including three rights of pasture for cattle and sheep and one right of piscary.


GEN:
Two pieces of common land on the banks of the River Wye including stretches of the river, an area of improved grassland and a small area of tall ruderal vegetation with scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
Bibletts common is crossed by a minor road and there is a small car park on the common. There are no public rights of way crossing either section of the common although there is a well used path from the car park leading to and along the river bank crossing Bibletts Island. The car park and stile access to the adjacent field may officially be a fishing access.

GNOTES:
There are 35 rights of piscary on this common. The rights relate to part of the unit only. Rights of piscary allow one rod to fish salmon, trout and coarse fish in the River Wye. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outanding Natural Beauty near to Ballingham Island (CL26). The majority of the common lies within the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest. Some dumping of garden refuse was noted on Bibletts common.


OWNERS:
Unit divided into four parts with a total of nine private owners.


GEN:
A low-lying area of grass heath on freely-draining sandy soils next to the river Gade. Wide variation in soil types, from acid to basic, and scattered scrub. Surrounded by urban and industrial land.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Rickmansworth Urban District Council.

ANOTES:
Open access, crossed by public footpath. Popular recreation area for walking, dog walking, fishing, canoeing and model aircraft flying.

GRAZINT:
Moderate to low in places - could be increased slightly.

SOURCE:
NCC SSSI File. HMWT Meadow Survey 1979. Brief field visit to amend 1982 habitat map.

GNOTES:
3 rights for sheep, cattle, turbary and piscary. The common is an important site in an urban context. c.39 ha of SSSI common.


GEN:
A small, secondary woodland, developed from scrub, with very small open areas containing bracken, and also a small pond.

ANOTES:
De facto access; used by local residents. Several paths criss-cross the site.

SOURCE:
South Herts Museum Survey 1986. Brief field visit.

GNOTES:
No rights. Adjacent to CL 75. Much dumping on the site. Many dry pits. Possibly threatened by A41 bypass route.


GEN:
Mixed secondary woodland, developed from scrub, with one smaller area of rank, shady, roadside grassland.

ANOTES:
De facto access. Crossed or adjoined by minor roads and tracks.

GNOTES:
No rights. Adjacent to CL 46. Several old clay and gravel pits. Possibly threatened by A41 bypass route.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with scattered trees in an urban area. One central damp area, which is rather rough, is a notable feature.

OWNERS:
Owned by Hitchin Urban District Council.

ANOTES:
Open access; heavily used as a recreation area. Benches provided.

SOURCE:
North Herts Museum Service File. Field visit.

GNOTES:
No rights. Formerly a cattle pound. The common as marked probably includes the very small common CL 71 (0.19 ha). True area of common apparently larger than registered area.


GEN:
An open space within an urban area containing parkland, scattered trees, a pond, a swimming pool, several buildings, a football ground and a car park.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Trustees of Hitchin Cow Common.

ANOTES:
Open access to parts of the site, restricted access to others such as the swimming pool and football ground. Managed for several forms of recreation, as above.

SOURCE:
N. Herts Museum Service File. Field visit.

GNOTES:
No rights. True area apparently greater than registered area. Internal fences. Builings on site.


GEN:
A level area of reseeded grassland, predominantly a cricket pitch, but with some unmown areas, scattered trees and riverside habitats.

ANOTES:
Open access. Part is a cricket pitch, and a childrens playground is also present.

SOURCE:
North Herts Museum Service Files. Invertebrate Site Register. Field visit.

GNOTES:
No rights. True area apparently larger than registered area.


GEN:
An area of improved grassland with scattered trees, two small ponds and woodland at one end.

ANOTES:
Open access; crossed by roads. Benches provided.

GNOTES:
Two rights for pasture of horses, goats, fowls, turkeys, geese and ducks.  Part of site at eastern end now appears to be the motorway bridge only. True area apparently larger than registered area.


GEN:
Semi-improved, amenity grassland surrounding war memorial, and extending along roadside, with scattered trees and scrub, and one small area of woodland.

ANOTES:
Open access; crossed by road. Used by dog walkers.

GNOTES:
No rights. Pond at southern end appears to be outside common. It is fringed with Typha and Sparganium.


GEN:
A thin strip of woodland alongside bridleway, running for around one kilometre, and varying in width from 10 - 80 m.

ANOTES:
Open access - bridleway heavily used. The bridleway is permissive.

GNOTES:
No rights. Byelaws posted by Sarratt Parish Council.


GEN:
Dense, secondary oak woodland, bisected by shady roads and with two patches of rank, semi-improved grassland and one small area of unimproved grassland.

ANOTES:
Open access, with numerous paths, and crossed by several roads. Used as a recreation area.

GNOTES:
No rights. Topography uneven in places, especially in the SW indicating the presence of old pits.


GEN:
The common is divided into four parts; the largest is an area of scrub and tall herb vegetation around the river, the southern part is a grass-fringed track, and the northern part a trackway and scrub. One part not visited.

ANOTES:
Access along the trackway sections is possible, and Back Lane in Buckland is heavily used. However, access not really feasible to the scrub sections, especially around the River Rib.

GNOTES:
No rights. Access almost impossible to the deeply incised River Rib area - not fully surveyed because of this. Area (A) is a more open area, possibly related to pipeline laying in the past.


GEN:
Mosaic of scrub, secondary woodland and neutral grassland on each side of small road. There is one small close-mown area near the pub.

ANOTES:
De facto access to the whole area, and crossed by a minor road. Used by dog walkers. Some paths well trampled.

SOURCE:
South Herts Museum Service File - 1986 survey. Field visit.


GEN:
A large common on the western scarp of the Cotswolds supporting unimproved calcareous grassland and semi-improved neutral grassland.

OWNERS:
Unclaimed (not section 9). Referred to Commissioner.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by the B4006. A number of public footpaths cross the common. The common has {\it de facto} right of access. The area is popular with walkers providing an attractive view over the River Frome valley and out to the Severn estuary. There are provisions for car parking.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI file - Selsley Common, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey 04.10.91-07.10.91, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society Records.

GNOTES:
There are 23 rights of pasture for cattle, horses and sheep (7), cattle (5), cattle and sheep (4), beasts (3), goats (1), cows and donkey (1), dairy cattle (1), horses, cattle, sheep and goats (1). Grazing is restricted as follows; five rights between 1st May and 30th October, four between 1st May and 31st October, one between 1st May and 1st October and one between 1st May and 14th November. There is one other right of pannage and 3 claims of access to fields. Four of the rights are cross referenced with CL99. It appears from some of the rights entries that a court leet was held to determine the amount of grazing by means of a Governers Committee although nothing is entered in the register notes. The common is regulated under the 1899 Commons Act by Stroud Rural District Council.
Part of the common forms the Selsley Common Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area.
The common adjoins CL193.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland and amenity grassland with planted ornamental trees.

ANOTES:
The common is divided into three parts by the A4173 and Church Lane. It is crossed by two RUPP's (roads used as public paths). A few other well used paths cross the common, which is used for exercising dogs.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights of pasture on the common as follows; cattle and sheep (2), ponies or donkeys or sheep (1). One entry for cattle and sheep is over part of the unit only and partly held in gross. The measured area is less than register area.


GEN:
A large area of predominantly unimproved calcareous grassland supporting some nationally scarce and rare plants with areas of scattered scrub. It is fringed with semi-natural broadleaved woodland. The common has a rich invertebrate fauna.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by three minor roads. A few public rights of way cross the common, but the whole area is open access. There is a car park and recreation area just to the north of the Roman Camp. There is some damage from bicycles in some of the quarry areas near the caravan park.

SOURCE:
Field visit, SSSI citation and site file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (24.10.91, 04.11.91, 16.06.92 - Swellshill), National Trust Biological Survey "Stroud Properties: Rodborough Common and Swellshill" (1985).

GNOTES:
There are 39 rights of pasture as follows; horses (3), horses, cattle and pigs (2), cattle (8), horses or beasts (9), horses or cattle (8), horses, cattle and sheep (3), animals (3), horses or asses (1), cattle, goats, donkeys, and horses (1) and horses, cattle, sheep and pigs (1). Other rights include two to take estovers, one to take brushwood, and one to take berries and mast. 7 of the rights are related to the rateable value of the property (1 horse or beast for every five pounds). Grazing is not allowed between 5th April and 13th May and sheep are not allowed between 30th November and 27th October each year (Rules and regulations as to depasturage on Rodborough Common, Rodborough and Minchinhampton Commons Committees). One right relates to part of the unit only. There are also 14 claims of access and one claim to privileges of the Lord of the Manor (rents quarries, franchises etc.).

The common is designated as the Rodborough Common Site of Special Scientific Interest and lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. It lies adjacent to CL58 Minchinhampton Common. 

The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
A large area of predominantly species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland with a few areas of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Originally all owned by The National Trust. Part conveyed by the  National Trust to two private owners (14/2/86).

ANOTES:
The majority of the common is owned by the National Trust and has open public access. The common is divided into a number of parts by several minor roads and is crossed by numerous public rights of way (mostly public footpaths). There is a golf course on part of the common. It is a very popular recreation area. There is very little provision for parking and cars park on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, National Trust Biological Survey ("Stroud Properties: Minchinhampton Common", 1985), SSSI citation and site file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (15.06.92, 18.06.92, 30.06.92 - Iron Mills, 07.07.92 - Nailsworth Hill).

GNOTES:
There are 256 rights on this common. Grazing is in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of Minchinhampton Committee of Commoners and limited to "x beasts". One entry also has right of estovers (limited timber for fencing stakes). There are 4 rights with no "land attached" particulars. The register contains "new sheets" detailing entries. There are also 44 claims of access/rights of way, one claim to exercise and school horses (easement), one claim for water/electricity services and two other land applications. 

The main part of the common and the outlying Nailsworth Hill and Iron Mills commons form the Minchinhampton Common Site of Special Scientific Interest. The common lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and is situated adjacent to CL57.


GEN:
An area under arable cultivation (grass ley) adjacent to the River Frome.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by a new road following the track of the disused railway. It is crossed by a network of public footpaths and is very popular with local residents.

GNOTES:
There are 14 rights of pasture attached to this common to graze 40 cattle or equivalent (one cow being equivalent to two yearling cattle or four sheep) between the 1st August and 14th November. If any land to which rights are attached goes out of agricultural production the number of cattle that can be grazed is to be reduced proportionately to the area. The common lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area.


OWNERS:
Part owned by the former Nailsworth Urban District Council.  Remainder registered under The Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
An area of largely improved and unimproved calcareous grassland managed as a golf course with peripheral semi-natural broadleaved woodland and scrub.

OWNERS:
Two parts owned by the Stinchcombe Hill Recreation Ground Trust. Remainder owned jointly by three private owners.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by two public bridleways and several public footpaths. The area is popular for walking and there is a golf course on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Cotswold Grassland Inventory Survey (06.07.92-08.07.92), SSSI citation and file, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common. Parts of the common lie within the Stinchcombe Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest. The common also lies within both the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. The common adjoins CL 268.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland including a number of road verges bordered with species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by two minor roads and is crossed by a few public footpaths. Recreational use is minimal.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture attached to this common to graze cattle. One specifies that the cattle are to be tended. There is one claim of access. There is temporary internal fencing on the common.


GNOTES:
The common lies within Bull Cross, The Frith and Juniper hill SSSI.


GEN:
A common comprising unimproved and semi-improved calcareous grassland, semi-natural broadleaved woodland and coniferous plantation. Most of the area is managed as a golf course.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by the A46, the B4073 and a number of minor roads. It is crossed by one minor road, several public footpaths and one public bridleway which forms part of the Cotswold Way. Much of the area is used as a golf course and the hill fort is a popular view point. There are a number of car parks along the minor road which crosses the middle of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (22.05.91, 24.06.92), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are eight rights of pasture and three non-grazing rights on this common. The rights of pasture are goat or hens (1), goats and pony (1), donkey and goat (1), goats (1), sheep or cattle (1), sheep or horses (1), ponies (1) and cattle (1). Other rights entries include ten rights to take estovers, seven of turbary and one of pannage. One right (held by the owner) is cross referenced with CL166 and CL251. There are five claims to rights of way or access. The majority of the common lies within the Cotswolds Commons and Beechwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest (see under CL12 for a map of the complete SSSI). It also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area of unmanaged unimproved calcareous grassland with areas of continous scrub and semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by the B4070 and a number of minor roads. Three public footpaths cross the common. There is a layby on the common. Recreational use is minimal.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory Survey (12.09.91), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There is one right attached to this common to graze sheep, cattle and ponies. It also includes the right of turbary and common in the soil. This right is cross referenced with CL161, CL163 and CL164. The majority of the common forms part of Bulls Cross, the Frith and Juniper Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest. The common lies within both the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. The common adjoins CL142 which also forms part of the SSSI. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of tall ruderal vegetation and semi-improved neutral and calcareous grassland with scattered trees and shrubs and an area of continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by the B4070 and crossed by a few access tracks. There is a small car park on the southern portion of the common. There is no public right of access.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common. The common lies within both the Cotswold hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland with scrub encroachment and an area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common lies at the junction of two minor roads. It is crossed by a single public footpath which leads to a track. The grassland area is evidently used as a public open space and is crossed by several well used paths. The area is used for horse riding including the public footpath. The quarry is possibly used by scrambling or mountain bikes. There had been small fires in the quarry area, maybe there had been travellers on the site.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (12.09.91), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common. The common forms part of Bulls Cross, The Frith and Juniper Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest and lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area of species-rich unimproved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub and an area of developing semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common lies between the A4173 and a minor road. It is crossed by four public footpaths. There is a network of other well used paths and tracks and the area appears to have {\it de facto} right of access. Cyclists were noted on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file (incl. J. Bingham survey, 05.08.88), Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (20.08.91), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture on this common as follows; cattle (1), sheep and cattle (1). The latter is held by the owner and cross referenced with CL168. 
Most of the common lies within the Edge Common Site of Special Scientific Interest and it also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Travellers and some dumping were noted in the quarry area.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland and  unimproved calcareous grassland with encroaching scrub and tall ruderal species.

ANOTES:
The common lies between a minor road and a well used public bridleway. A track crosses the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey 30.05.91, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry for this common, cross referenced with CL167, to graze sheep or cattle. The common lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Several passing places have been cut into the common along the road side. The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland with remnants of rank calcareous grassland encroached with scrub.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a single well used public footpath and an access track to a property. It is continuous with the Blackstable Wood National Nature Reserve.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common to graze sheep, cattle and horses which is cross referenced with CL152. There is one other right of turbary and common in the soil. 
The common lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common is continuous with Blackstable Wood National Nature Reserve. 
Some dumping of garden rubbish was noted in the disused quarry.
The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland and scattered scrub with small areas of broadleaved woodland and dense scrub.

ANOTES:
There is no legal right of access to or across this common. It lies between two public footpaths and is fenced off.

GNOTES:
There are five rights of pasture on this common, four for cattle and horses and one for cattle only. There are also three rights of estovers. The rights were disputed and modified as a result of which the following somewhat confusing conditions were applied: 1) grazing is restricted to between 1st August and 14th November, 2) the maximum permitted number is not to exceed 4 cattle, 3) the owner has the right to graze two cattle and 4) the benefit of grazing the remaining two cattle is to be drawn by lots under the supervision of Kings Stanley and Selsley graziers association and the owner.
The common lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The common adjoins CL2 but is fenced off from it.


GEN:
A common consisting of semi-natural broadleaved woodland, scattered scrub and tall ruderal vegetation, and an area of semi-improved calcareous grassland.

OWNERS:
Owned by Upton St. Leonards Parish Council.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by the B4073 and a minor road. It is crossed by two public footpaths and a track. Recreational use is minimal.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Cotswold Grassland Inventory survey (28.06.91), Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Roadside Verge Register, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture attached to this common to graze horses, sheep or cattle (1) and cattle or sheep (1). One of the rights is cross-referenced with CL252 and the other with CL151 and CL166. The common lies within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Part of the common is included on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust roadside verge register. The common adjoins CL151 at the south- eastern end.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
The common is subdivided by two minor roads and crossed by two public footpaths. The common adjoins a recreation area to the north and people were seen walking across the common. There is little recreational use of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Commons survey (1981).

GNOTES:
There are three rights of pasture on the common for ewes and lambs (1), cattle, sheep or horses (1 - cross referenced with CL251) and animals (1). There is one claim of access to property. The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland and scrub and an area of unimproved calcareous grassland with scattered scrub and tall ruderals.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Nailsworth Town Council, the remainder under the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road at the eastern end and is crossed by two public footpaths. Recreational use is moderate. A treehouse has been built on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Commons survey (1982).

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. There are two claims to right of access. The common lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of predominantly unimproved calcareous grassland with some semi-improved calcareous grassland. Scrub is scattered throughout.

OWNERS:
Owned by The Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road to the west. It is crossed by a single public footpath and a number of other paths. The common is a nature reserve owned by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Limited car parking is provided. Recreational use includes excercising dogs, picnicking, flying kites and mountain biking in the old quarry area.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Cotswold Grassland Inventory Survey (16.05.91, 09.09.91), English Nature SSSI citation and file, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (Swift's Hill), a nature reserve of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (Elliot reserve) and lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner.  Part still unclaimed.


GEN:
An area of predominantly unimproved calcareous grassland with a strip of scattered scrub and tall ruderal vegetation.

OWNERS:
Owned by Stinchcombe Hill Recreation Ground Trust.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a public footpath and a public bridleway. It forms part of Stinchcombe Hill (CL136) which is largely managed as a golf course and is a popular area for walking and riding.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society Records.

GNOTES:
There are no rights attached to this common. Parts of the common lie within the Stinchcombe Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest and the common also lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common adjoins CL136. The measured area exceeds the registered area.


GEN:
A common of predominantly continuous bracken and scattered scrub with small areas of unimproved acid grassland and continuous scrub.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by one private owner. Part has been conveyed to  South Herefordshire District Council as a Deed of Gift by the owner (now part of the adjoining National Trust property?).

ANOTES:
May Hill Common is crossed by a minor road, two public footpaths and a track. Several other paths cross the common. The common appears to form part of the adjoining National Trust property and enjoys open access although largely restricted to the maintained paths due to the dense cover of bracken. The common is also used for horse riding. There is a small car park at the western end of the common.

GNOTES:
There are 14 rights of pasture for sheep, beasts,  or horses (10), and sheep, beasts, horses and pigs (4). Other rights are of common in the soil [gravel (2), sand (2), stone (1), and hardcore (1)], one right of turbary (turf), and one right to take estovers (bracken). 9 rights are registered over part of the unit only, and 8 are cross referenced as follows - CL187 (7), CL186 (1). The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
A large area of very diverse semi-natural broadleaved woodland with an area of species rich unimproved calcareous grassland supporting a number of nationally scarce and rare species. One of several adjoining commons of similar conservation importance.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to the B4070 and is crossed by a number of minor roads. It is crossed by a number of public footpaths and a public bridleway. There are a number of other tracks crossing the common used by the public for walking and horse riding.

SOURCE:
English Nature SSSI citation and site file (incl. J. Bingham survey, 23-24.05.88). Cotswold grassland inventory survey (04.06.91), Invertebrate site register (1982), site visit, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are a total of 44 rights on this common, all including the right of estovers. 14 also have the right of pasture for horses/beasts (2), beast (1), cattle/horses (1), cattle (4), horses (3), cattle and sheep (2), and poultry (1). Other rights are green stick and dead wood (1), turbary (1) and deadwood (2). The rights are cross referenced as follows; CL 79 (44) - estovers only and CL 116 (40). There are 23 claims of access to properties. The common adjoins CL79 and CL71. Most of the common lies within the Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole area falls within both the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Rector of Redmarley D Abitot.


GEN:
A network of road verges of rank semi-improved neutral grassland and scattered scrub forming a mosaic with tall ruderal vegetation over much of the area and areas of continuous scrub. There are small amounts of unimproved neutral grassland and marshy grassland and a small pond.

ANOTES:
This common comprises a network of road verges along the B4215 and a minor road through Highleadon. A few public footpaths and access tracks cross the common.

SOURCE:
Field visit, Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are 5 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep, horses, pigs and poultry (1), cattle (3), and horses (1). There are 5 claims of access across the unit. There is dumping of garden waste and farmyard manure on the common. Measured area less than registered area.


GEN:
An area of species rich semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Land under protection of Local Authority under section 9 of the 1965 Commons Registration Act.

ANOTES:
The common is fenced off from the surrounding land and there are no public rights of way across it. A public footpath runs along the southern boundary.

SOURCE:
Site visit, 1980 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust commons survey.

GNOTES:
There is one right held in gross by the Parish Council (ie. not attached to land) to take estovers (tree loppings). The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner, remainder under the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the 1965 Commons Registration Act.

ANOTES:
The common lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by a single little used public footpath.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Commons Survey (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, 1980).

GNOTES:
There is one right held in gross (ie. not attached to land) by Hewelsfield Parish Council to take estovers (tree loppings).


GEN:
An area of continuous bracken with scattered trees, with relicts of heathland and acid grassland, and an area of semi natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Land under the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act, 1965.

ANOTES:
Nottwood Hill common lies adjacent to the A4136. It is crossed by a number of access tracks to properties and public footpaths.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature NVC survey 09.08.95, Gloucestershire Commons Survey (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, 1980).

GNOTES:
There are six rights of pasture on the common for sheep (3), horses, sheep, pigs and geese (1), sheep, cattle and geese (1), and geese and poultry (1). There are sixteen other rights of turbary (5), stone (3), bracken (3), gorse (2), firewood (1), estovers (1) and timber (1).


GEN:
Two low-lying areas subject to annual winter flooding with a network of wet ditches supporting marshy grassland and unimproved neutral grassland. The area is an important refuge and feeding ground for wintering wildfowl.

OWNERS:
Owned jointly by four private owners on behalf of the Walmore Common Trustees.

ANOTES:
Two public footpaths cross the northern portion of this common. Recreational use is minimal. No public rights of way cross the southern part.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file (incl. T. Barfield survey, 05.06.85, NVC survey 14.05.96), Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records.

GNOTES:
There are twenty rights of pasture on this common for cattle (12), cattle and horses (6) and animals (2). Two of the rights are limited to part of the common only. Ten of the rights are restricted to between 1st May and 1st November, two between 1st May and 30th September and one between 1st May and 16th October. There is one claim of right of access. 
The majority of the common falls within the Walmore Common Site of Special Scientific Interest.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.


GEN:
A large area of ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland forming one of the most diverse areas of such woodland in the Wye Valley.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner, remainder under the protection of the local authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act, 1965.

ANOTES:
The common adjoins a minor road at the easternmost point. It is crossed by a number of public footpaths including the Offa's Dyke Path and a few additional paths. The Wye Valley Way runs adjacent to the common. Despite there being no public bridleways, there is some horse riding on the common. The northern part of the common is widely used for recreation but there is little use of the southern part.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and file.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for horses, cows or beasts and sheep. There is one other right of pannage. Both are held by the parishioners of St. Briavels (attached to ancient tenements or the manor). 
The majority of the common lies within The Hudnalls Site of Special Scientific Interest. It also lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral and acidic grassland with patches of continuous bracken and scattered trees.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by three public footpaths, the route of one being blocked. Recreational use is moderate.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Gloucestershire Butterfly Conservation Society records, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Commons survey 1982.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for cattle and sheep limited to two sheep per acre and one cow or beast for every two acres. The right is cross-referenced with CL292. The common lies within the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is continuous with the Worcestershire registered common CL95 although both commons now lie entirely in Gloucestershire. There is no evidence on the ground of any boundary between the two commons. The boundary appears to follow a grid line on the map. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
Amenity grassland, pond and small scrub area.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Hackney Borough Council).


GEN:
A common of amenity grassland with recent tree planting and tennis courts.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Hammersmith Borough Council).


GEN:
A common of woodland, amenity grassland and areas of acidic grassland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Greenwich Borough Council). Remainder under the Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
Open access to all areas. Formal and informal paths throughout. Green Chain Walk passes through this common. An orienteering course evident.

SOURCE:
Field survey. For interesting historical notes see: The Parks and Woodlands of London, by A Crowe (Fourth Estate, London 1987).

GNOTES:
No rights. Included in Lowland Heath Inventory of English Nature (Site Code no. GL/TQ 47/B01). The section North of the A206 is included in the Inventory of Ancient Woodland for London.


GEN:
Once wooded, Blackheath is now mostly amenity grassland subdivided by busy roads.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Crown Estate Commissioners, part by one private owner, and part by the Charity of Sir J. Morden, Morden College. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Open access throughout the common. Now used for recreation. During survey: Dog walking, metal detectors and cycling observed.

SOURCE:
Field Survey. Reference: The Parks and Woodlands of London, by A Crowe (Fourth Estate, 1987).


GEN:
This common is largely amenity grassland, parkland trees and ponds.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to the Borough Councils). Remainder under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 73 (Greater London). Site of Borough Importance.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with old and newly planted trees.


GEN:
Most of this common is amenity grassland with some scrub, park trees and a play area.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Wandsworth Borough Council).


GEN:
Amenity grassland with children's play areas.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Southwark Borough Council).


GEN:
Amenity grassland and trees. Many metalled paths
and children play facilities.

ANOTES:
Open access. Much use as children's play facility. Bowls area. Active Park User Group exists.


GEN:
Most of Hackney Marsh Common is amenity grassland
for recreation. The banks of the River Lea provide most of the wildlife interest. Some areas of new tree planting and other areas of waste ground, depots etc.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Hackney Borough Council). Part registered under the Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
Open access throughout except for boarded areas.


GEN:
Mostly amenity grassland with planted trees.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Borough Councils). Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 34. Since registration part of the land (0.328 ha) ceased to be common land on 8/3/84. Site of Local Importance.


OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Hackney Borough Council). Remainder registered under Land Registration Acts.


GEN:
All recreation ground with amenity trees.


GEN:
Amenity grassland and trees with play areas.


GEN:
Mainly amenity grasland with associated planted trees. One area of old swimming pool and associated buildings.

ANOTES:
Open access except to old swimming pool area.


GEN:
A varied common of woods, rough and amenity grasslands, much used by the public.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Greenwich Borough Council). Remainder registered under Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
Access available to all parts of the common. Many informal paths and some roads cross the common. The Green Chain path passes through the common.


GEN:
A common of amenity grassland, much used for recreation. At the time of survey, a fair occupied most of the common.

ANOTES:
Open access, used by fairs and much recreation.


GEN:
Streatham Common is mostly amenity grassland with some woodland. It is much used for public recreation.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Lambeth Borough Council).

ANOTES:
Open access for all forms of recreation. Fair in progress during survey.  Horse rides still in use.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 29 (Greater London).  Site of Borough Importance - Grade 1. In Streatham Common Conservation Area.


GEN:
This common is mostly amenity gardens and grassland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Lambeth Borough Council). Remainder registered under Land Registration Acts.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 28 (Greater London). Part of a Site of Borough Importance - Grade 1.


GEN:
A very varied common with secondary woodland, amenity grassland, a lake, wet and acidic grassland.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to the Borough Councils).

ANOTES:
Open access throughout. Much use for recreation.
Publications encourage use and appreciation of the common.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Wansworth Borough Council information.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 31 (Greater London). Site of Metropolitan Importance.


GEN:
Tooting Graveney Common has amenity grassland, a restored pond, woods and an athletics track.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Wandsworth Borough Council). Remainder registered under Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Published leaflets promote walks. Athletics track.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 30 (Greater London). Site of Metropolitan Importance.


GEN:
A common of woodland, scrub, amenity grassland and ponds.

ANOTES:
Open access. Much used for recreation. Numerous publications available to enhance and encourage public amenity.  A Nature Study Centre lies at the centre of the Common.


GEN:
An amenity grassland with scattered trees.


GEN:
A large common of open grassland, some planted scrub, built areas and an urban nature reserve.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Hammersmit Borough Council). Remainder registered under Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
Open access throughout, except to Stadium and associated buildings. Used for recreation, dog walking, fitness training and, during survey, a pony and trap. Flying of model aircraft occurs.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Sites of Borough Importance notes.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 19 and CL 35 (Greater London). This common was used by the military prior to 1962. The Common was considered as site for third London Airport.
Some small areas have been deturfed, presumably for sale.

A Site of Borough Importance.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with play area, amenity trees, car park and buildings.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Ealing Borough Council).

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Children's play area.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contigous with CL 34 (Greater London). Transferred by Deed in 1914 from the Great Western Railway Board, in exchange for part of Wormwood Scrubs.


GEN:
Hainault Common is old wood-pasture which is now a mixture of ancient and secondary woodland, much used for recreation.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Borough Council.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Walking and mountain biking seen during survey. Numerous events organised to enhance appreciation of the site.

SOURCE:
Field survey. English Nature records. Hainault Country Park information.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 74 (Greater London). The Common is part of Hainault Forest SSSI. The Common is also part of the Hainault Forest Country Park (Redbridge Borough Council).


GEN:
An amenity grassland, mostly mown, with scattered trees.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Acquired from the War Department in 1952.


GEN:
Monken Hadley is mostly wooded but also has a pond and grassland areas.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Trustees of Monken Hadley Common. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Open access.  Pymmes Brook Trail passes through.
Fishing in Beech Hill lake.

GNOTES:
There are 38 rights entries. Only 18 of them are held in gross. One rightholder claims ownership of trees within 60 yards of property boundary. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit and one easement in respect of mains services.


OWNERS:
Subject to the protection of the Local Authority under Section 9 of the 1965 Registration of Commons Act.


GEN:
Amenity grassland surrounded by tall {\ot Populus} sp. Includes children's playground.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Borough of Hammersmith. Remainder of the land subject to to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Open access. Used for walking, football, dog walking.


ANOTES:
Open access to grassland areas for recreation.


ANOTES:
Open access. Part of Bentley Priory Circular Walk.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. This common has been amended to exclude part.


GEN:
A common of amenity grassland and some amenity trees.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Warden and Scholars of Merton College, University of Oxford.


GEN:
Maldon Common is amenity grassland and scrub.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Warden and Scholars of Merton College, Oxford. Part registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
Common land either side of A243 that includes rough grass, woodland and scrub.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The Electricity Board claim an easement in respect of underground cables.


GEN:
A common that is mostly linear along the A5109 but includes Totteridge Common, other small areas of amenity grassland and a few ponds.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Totteridge Manor Association Ltd., 116/118 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

GNOTES:
One right entry. There are two claims to rights of access over this unit. Pasture rights for cattle.


GEN:
Barnes Common has a rich mosaic of habitats such as acidic grassland, woodland, scrub and wetland.
Also areas of amenity grassland.

SOURCE:
Field survey. English Nature. London Ecology Unit.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Local Nature Reserve (Northern areas were SSSI until 2/92)


GEN:
A common of woodland and amenity grassland and a pond.

OWNERS:
Owned by London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Site of Metropolitan Importance.


GEN:
Petersham common is mostly woodland and scrub, on sloping ground below the Star and Garter Home, with well-used footpaths.

OWNERS:
Owned by the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.

ANOTES:
Open access for walking. Riding prohibited, cycling tracks evident.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Nature Conservation in Richmond-upon-Thames.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The Electricity Board claim an easement in respect of underground cables oil tanks and ducts


GEN:
A Common that is divided by the A307 into a western section that is amenity grassland and pond, and a wooded eastern section with patches of acid grassland.

ANOTES:
Open access to all parts. An historic common in terms of assertion of its common status and rights as against private property. Much horse riding - traffic lights across A307 acknowledge horse riders.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Publications:  'Nature in Richmond-upon-Thames', and 'The Parks and Woodlands of London'.  A Crowe (Fourth Estate 1987).

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The Electricity Board claim a right of access by Deed to cables boxes and oil tank on this unit, together with a right to maintain them.


GEN:
East Sheen Common is mostly {\it Quercus robur} woodland with much {\it Betula} spp., old gravel pits and a pond.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation (since 1042 A.D. - sign boards)

GRAZINT:
No grazing. Historically a very important grazing site for cattle, pigs and horses.

GNOTES:
There are four claims to rights of access over this unit. A Site of Metropolitan Importance.


OWNERS:
Owned by the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames as Trustees of the Richmond Parish Lands Charity.


GEN:
Amenity grassland/gardens with Tennis courts.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Crown Estate Commissioners. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Crown Estate Commissioners.


GEN:
A linear common that consists of about 2 miles of the towpath on the south side of the Thames near Twickenham Bridge.

ANOTES:
Open access (Towpath). Walking, cycling.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The Electricity Board claim an easement in respect of underground cables on this unit.


GEN:
A common of amenity grassland, some wooded areas and an old pond.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Borough of Bromley. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
General access exists to all parts of the common.
Used for walking, dogs. New seat by White's Cottages.


GEN:
A common of mixed habitats that includes Ash woods, managed grassland and amenity grassland.

ANOTES:
Leaves Green Circular Walk. The Common is used for cricket, walking, dogs etc.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The Electricity Board have a licence from the London Borough of Bromley to maintain underground cables. The Post Office claim an easement in respect of telegraph cables.


OWNERS:
Part registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. The remainder of the land is subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The Electricity Board have a licence from Bromley Borough Council to maintain cables on this unit.


GEN:
Green Street Green is largely amenity grassland, with some trees and small patches of acid grassland.

ANOTES:
Public access throughout. Used for recreation.


OWNERS:
Part owned by the London Borough of Bromley.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with scrub, trees and a pond.

OWNERS:
Owned by the London Borough of Hillingdon.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Also recorded as CL181. Map supplied by Hillingdon shows unit numbered as either.


GEN:
Ickenham Marsh has a mixture of habitats such as scrub, marsh, and a stream (Yeadon Brook).

ANOTES:
Open access. Ickenham Marshes Nature Reserve.      Hillingdon Trail passes through. Managed by the London Wildlife Trust.


GEN:
An area of land that is partly wood and partly disturbed land that has substantial dumped mineral waste.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Borough of Hillingdon. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
No formal access. Access discouraged by blockage to vehicle access and signs saying 'No motorcycling'.


OWNERS:
Owned by the London Borough of Havering.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. Contiguous with CL 128 and CL 129 (Greater London).


GEN:
A Common of amenity grassland and some disturbed land.

ANOTES:
General access to all parts. Restrictions apply to Motorbikes and Golf.


GEN:
This common is mostly amenity grassland with small areas of woodland and scrub.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to the Borough Councils.


GEN:
The western end of this common is used for recreation (amenity grassland). The eastern end
is a late summer meadow, cut for late hay.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 41 (Greater London). Adjacent to Hainault Forest SSSI. Within Hainault Forest Country Park.


GEN:
A common of amenity grassland, woodland and allotments.

ANOTES:
Open access.  Hillingdon Trail passes through this common.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Part of Common excluded.


GEN:
Two areas of land one either side of Church Road. One is unused grassland and areas of damp ground with tall ruderal species and some scrub. The other has some grassland with disturbed areas, some dumping and invasive species.

ANOTES:
Most of area apparently open, legal status of access not known.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. There is one easement in respect of a water main to a property.


GEN:
A common of suburban amenity grassland and a large pond.

ANOTES:
General access exists to all parts of the common for recreation.

GNOTES:
There are two claims to rights of access over this unit and the Electricity Board claim an easement in respect of underground cables.


OWNERS:
Part owned by the London Borough of Ealing. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
A common of amenity grassland and some planted trees.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Part of the land (forming VG 73) is excluded.


GEN:
Mostly Amenity grassland with planted trees.

ANOTES:
Open access. Historically used for grazing sheep, fowl and geese, and was used for May day festivals, fairs etc.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Havering.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 97 (Greater London).


GEN:
A common of roadside verge and some scrub.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Havering. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 96 (Greater London).


ANOTES:
Notices (and fences) prohibit access except for allotment owners.


GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with CL 89 (Greater London). Map supplied by Hillingdon Council shows unit numbered as CL89 and CL181.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Estates Governors of Alleyn's College of God's Gift, The Old College, Gallery Road, Dulwich, London SW21.


OWNERS:
Part owned by the London Borough of Ealing.


GEN:
An open common of grassland, scrub and one well-managed pond.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Essex County Council. Part under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. Remainder owned by the London Borough of Havering.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Walking and Horse-riding.

GNOTES:
Five rights entries. Four of the rights entries relate to only part of this unit. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, donkeys, goats and pigs. Contiguous with Cl 72.


GEN:
A huge common of great historic and wildlife interest. Woodland, grassland and aquatic communities present. Widespread amenity use.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Greater London Council (transferred to Borough Council). Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts.

ANOTES:
Open access to all areas, except some fencing for conservation reasons. Cycling restricted to specific paths. Most human recreations present.

SOURCE:
Field survey. English Nature, H.Heath Habitat Handbook.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Part of Common is excluded.
Included in Lowland Heath Inventory (English Nature) Site Code No. GL/TQ28/H01). The North End section is included in the Inventory of Ancient Woodland for London.


GEN:
The present common is a remnant of a much larger common which was enclosed in the 19th century. All woodland (Weald = Old Wood)

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Grimsdyke Circular Walk passes through. Cycling and motorcycling prohibited.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with a Geological Conservation Review Site (SSSI). Included in Lowland Heath Inventory (English Nature) (Site Code No. GL/TQ19/H01)


GEN:
Eltham Common is largely {\it Quercus} woodland with some areas of amenity grassland.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Green Chain walk passes through the common. Car park.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Acquired from the War Department in 1938.


GEN:
Former heathland which is mostly secondary woodland after grazing curtailed last century. Some open grassland areas and much public amenity.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The site was part of an SSSI. Now denotified. Most of the site is a 'Site of Metropolitan Importance '- see Ecology Handbook No 13, Nature Conservation In Harrow. London Ecology Unit 1989. Two ancient monuments on site.
Included in Lowland Heath Inventory (English Nature) Site Code No. GL/TQ 19/S01.


GEN:
A very interesting common of former heathland, woods, valley mire and ponds.

ANOTES:
Access only restricted by fencing for conservation purposes. Many official and unofficial paths. Fishing on ponds.

SOURCE:
Field survey. SSSI citation, Notes from British Bryological Society, BTO, Orpington Field Club.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Part of SSSI - Keston and Hayes Commons.


GEN:
This common is amenity grassland, trees and athletics track.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with trees, and a small garden.


GEN:
This common was formerly grazed, and gravel was dug. Currently woodland, scrub, ponds, marsh and heathy grassland is found.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the London Borough of Barnet. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Guided walks held in summer. Permissive rides for horses.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Local Nature Reserve (1991).


GEN:
Hayes Common is mainly wooded with some acid grassland, and small areas of heath.

OWNERS:
Owned by the London Borough of Bromley. Hayes Common was '....the first common in England and Wales to be given legal protection against enclosures under the Metropolitan Commons Act of 1866' (Parks and Woodlands of London, A. Crowe, 1987).

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Nash Circular Walk.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Part of Keston and Hayes Common SSSI. Included in Lowland Heath Inventory (Site Code GL/TQ46/K01)


GEN:
Poor's Field is found within Ruislip Woods SSSI/NNR, though not a SSSI itself. The Common includes woodland, semi-improved acid grassland and semi-improved neutral grassland. 'Part of a complex of hunting forest and remnant ancient woodland'.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Contiguous with Ruislip Woods SSSI/NNR.


GEN:
Unimproved, grazed acid grassland and {\it Molinia caerulea} dominated marshy grassland on a south facing slope with frequent rock exposures, and occasional acidic flushes (in the eastern half of the common). The common is bounded by dry stone walls.

ANOTES:
A public footpath runs along the western boundary of the common.

GRAZINT:
Sufficient to prevent dwarf shrub regeneration.

GNOTES:
There is one right to graze cows or heifers.


GEN:
This common is split into four detached sections. The two largest contain marshy grassland and small areas of wet heath, with peripheral scrub and trees; the others contain tall ruderal vegetation, rank grassland, scrub and scattered trees.

ANOTES:
1 public footpath runs along the edge of the southern section. 1 public footpath crosses the central section. 1 public footpath runs along the western edge of the northern section. The central and southern sections adjoin the B5207.

SOURCE:
1) Field survey. 
2) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Phase 1 Habitat Survey 1986.

GNOTES:
Lies within the former Urban Districts of Ashton-in-Makerfield and Golborne. Regulated by two schemes of management under the Commons Act 1899, one made by the former Ashton-in-Makerfield UDC (4th April 1906), the other made by the former Golborne UDC (1st August 1925).


GEN:
Amenity grassland and allotment gardens, with small areas of broadleaved plantation, and peripheral stands of {\it Chamerion angustifolium} and {\it Rubus fruticosus} agg. (adjacent to the railway embankment along the northern boundary).

ANOTES:
A public footpath crosses the amenity grassland area. An internal fence divides the amenity grassland from the allotment gardens.


GEN:
A mosaic of acid grassland, dry heath, scattered scrub, woodland and tall herb vegetation.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way cross the site, but there are several informal footpaths. The public have unimpeded access to the whole common.

GNOTES:
Lies within the former Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District. Regulated by a scheme made by the former Ashton-in-Makerfield UDC on 16th Dec. 1903 under the Commons Act 1899. Measured area is about 10 per cent of registered area. Possible explanation: the decimal point is in the wrong place in the CL register figure (71.22ha).


GEN:
A mosaic of scrub, swamp, rough grassland and ruderal vegetation surrounding an active landfill site. There is also a large area of mixed plantation. Most of this common was once used for opencast mining. Divided in to 3 detatched sections.

ANOTES:
Three public footpaths cross the southern half of the common.

SOURCE:
1)Field survey.
2)Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Phase 1 Habitat Survey 1986.


GEN:
The common is used as a public park. It is mostly amenity grassland with trees along the walkways and the road (A577). There is a large pond, willow scrub and young broadleaved woodland along the southern boundary, and a young broadleaved plantation fringed with rank grassland along the northern boundary.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Wigan Borough Council. Remainder owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
No public rights of way cross the common, but it is used as a public park.

GNOTES:
Lies within the former Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District. Regulated by a Provisional Order of the Land Commissioners England dated 20th December 1888, confirmed 1889.


GEN:
This common is split into several detatched sections, which are mostly managed as amenity grassland. There are small peripheral areas of scrub, swamp and tall herb vegetation.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Aspull Urban District Council.                          Remainder is unclaimed.

ANOTES:
There are wide, amenity grassland verges along the B5239 and the public have unimpeded access. There is also a large area of amenity grassland south of Wigan Road (SD611078) which is used for informal recreation. A public footpath passes close to the northern edge of this area.

GNOTES:
Lies within the former Urban District of Aspull. Regulated under a scheme made made by Aspull UDC on 10th March 1902 under the Commons Act 1899. Part of the common was (on corner of Haigh Road and Holly road, SD612083) was removed from the register on 3rd January 1974; a school now occupies this area. The measured area is greater than the registered area (8.19ha).


GEN:
Amenity grassland with occasional trees along the boundary, and discontinuous trimmed hedgerows. Houses border the southern and northern sides.

ANOTES:
A public footpath runs along the northern boundary of the common. The public have unimpeded access to the rest of the common.

GNOTES:
Lies within the former Aspull Urban District. Regulated by a scheme made by Aspull UDC under the Commons Act 1899.


GEN:
Dry bog and marshy grassland with peripheral areas of wet and dry heath, acid grassland, mixed plantation and improved grassland.

ANOTES:
2 public footpaths cross the common, and there are some informal footpaths which appear to be used regularly by walkers. Several people were seen picking bilberrys on the dry heath at the northern end of the common. 
Parts of the central area of the common look like they are used for motorbike scrambling; this appears to be confined to well defined tracks (where motorbike tyre marks are clearly visible).

GRAZINT:
High at west end of common, low to moderate elsewhere.

GNOTES:
There is a right to graze sheep and cattle and one right of turbary.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with broadleaved trees planted around the edges.

ANOTES:
The common is dissected by 4 public roads (2 joining). There are no boundary fences. Used for informal recreation. The public have unimpeded access.

GNOTES:
Formerly registered as a village green, when Salford was part of Lancashire.


GEN:
Amenity grassland crossed by tarmac access tracks to adjacent properties (these are not included in the area of the common).

ANOTES:
The common is used for informal recreation. The public have unimpeded access.

GNOTES:
Formerly registered as a village green, when Salford was part of Lancashire. Measured area is less than 1 hectare.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with peripheral areas of dense scrub, neutral grassland and planted trees.

OWNERS:
Owned by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.

ANOTES:
2 public footpaths cross the common, which link with footpaths leading to Pennington Flash.


GEN:
Amenity grassland with planted trees around the edges. Split into 3 detached sections.

ANOTES:
The public has unimpeded access to all areas of the common. Used for school football practice and informal recreation.


GEN:
Enclosed, cattle-grazed improved grassland with small peripheral areas of dense scrub and tall herb vegetation in the southern half of the common outside the main enclosure.

ANOTES:
There is no public access to the enclosed grassland; the remaining area is unfenced.


GEN:
Rank grassland with scattered scrub, and two small ponds.

OWNERS:
Land registered under the Land Registration Acts of 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
A public footpath runs along the track on the eastern side of the common. It is also possible to walk on to the common from the two adjacent suburban roads.

GNOTES:
No rights. Originally registered as belonging to one private owner. This entry was deleted under Section 12 of the Commons Registration Act, and the common was registered under the Land Registration Acts of 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
The common is split into 8 detached sections. The largest section contains broadleaved woodland; the remaining sections contain mixed plantation, acid grassland and dry heathland habitats.

ANOTES:
Crossed by 4 public footpaths. 6 of the sections adjoin the B6197.

GRAZINT:
Part ungrazed, part possibly lightly grazed.

GNOTES:
No evidence of any existing rights was found. There is 1 claim to maintain a well and pipes for water supply (easement).


ANOTES:
There are no boundary fences around this common. It is possible to walk directly on to it from the public footpath which runs along the eastern boundary.

GNOTES:
No rights. Registered pursuant to application No. 1398 made by Lancashire County Council on 12th October 1973. This area of common land may have been registered in "compensation" for the deregistration of part of CL128 under the same application (see general notes section for CL128).


GEN:
This common is split into 2 separate sections by the Liverpool to Manchester railway. The southern section contains raised bog with two pools and small peripheral areas of marshy grassland, acid grassland, scrub and bracken. The northern section contains marshy grassland. A designated SSSI.

ANOTES:
The southern section is crossed by 2 public footpaths (joining). One of these runs along the ridge (just south of the railway), from which it is possible to get a good view of the common and the surrounding land. 

The northern section is crossed by 3 public footpaths (joining), one of them runs along the southern boundary fence. All 3 join at the western end of the section, at the railway crossing. The footpaths appear to be used frequently by local people for walking.

GNOTES:
There is a right to graze 11 head of cattle over the whole of the unit and 2 rights of turbary. 
One rights entry was disputed and modified. One entry relates to only part of the common.


GEN:
An area of inner city amenity grasslands and trees.

OWNERS:
Held in trust for the public by Southampton City Council.


GEN:
An inner city common of amenity grassland and parkland trees.


GEN:
An ancient marshy meadow that has traditionally been grazed and supports a wide variety of plant species and rare invertebrate species.

SOURCE:
Field survey. SSSI citation. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Eleven rights entries. Eight rights of estovers, seven rights of turbary, one right of piscary, six rights of pannage and five rights of common in soil. Pasture for cattle, pigs, chickens, geese, goats, sheep and horses. Part of Warnborough Green SSSI. Countryside Heritage Site. Hampshire Wildlife Trust Reserve.


GEN:
West Green Common is mostly oak woodland with rides, large ponds, and small areas of scrub and grassland.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Records at English Nature.

GNOTES:
No rights. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. Contiguous with CLs 112 127 128 and 129 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Acidic grassland and woods near Hartley Wintney.


GEN:
A disturbed site of scrub and woodland (on former heathland ?).


GEN:
A large common of cattle-grazed fields, small areas of {\it Ulex} scrub, pine woodland, a pond and pits.

ANOTES:
At time of survey footpath across common diverted round perimeter.


GEN:
Broad Oak Common has some secondary woodland and substantial species-poor grassland which is cut for hay.

OWNERS:
Land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section nine of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

GNOTES:
Nine rights entries. Eight rights of estovers, one right of turbary, one right of piscary and one right of pannage. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, donkeys, chickens, pigs and goats. Contiguous with CL 194 (part) (Hampshire).


GEN:
A mosaic of grazed wet grassland and meadow on the east side of the Marshcourt River.

ANOTES:
Open access, sometimes restricted for thistle treatment.

GNOTES:
Twenty rights entries. Two held in gross. There are two claims to the sporting rights over this unit. Three rights of estovers. Pasture for sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, horses and other animals. 

Part of Stockbridge Common Marsh SSSI.


GEN:
Grassland either side of minor road, backed on each side by woodland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by Eagle Star Insurance Company. Part owned by Hants Farm Developments (Peas) Ltd.


GEN:
An area of marshy and drier grass under {\it Betula} sp. and {\it Salix} sp. with some {\it Quercus robur} trees. Almost no understorey but varied ground flora.

ANOTES:
No formal footpaths, but some informal use for walking.

GNOTES:
No rights. Measured area larger than recorded area.


GEN:
A wooded common with small areas of grassland and some old ponds.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. There are two claims to rights of way over this unit.


GNOTES:
No rights entries. There are two claims to rights of way over this unit. Some garden waste dumping.


OWNERS:
Owned by Preston Candover Parish Council.


GEN:
Access to common restricted. This common consists of rough grazing, hay fields and a small copse.

GRAZINT:
Pony grazing. Cattle grazing. 1 deer seen.

GNOTES:
Many entries, cancelled except for 2 (these modified by Commons Commissioner. Cross-referenced to CLs4 and CL169. For wording of rights see notes under CL169. Rights for Cattle, horses, goats, geese, estovers.
No contiguous commons.


GEN:
Wickham Common is a mixture of woodland, scrub and grassland S of the Southwick Rd.

ANOTES:
Managed by Hampshire County Council. Footpaths cross the Common.

GNOTES:
Ten rights entries. There is one claim to two rights of way over this unit. One right of estovers, five rights of turbary and three rights of pannage. Pasture for cattle, sheep, horses, pigs and chicken.

Countryside Heritage Site No 133.


GEN:
A wooded common that straddles the A287 (Farnham Rd)

OWNERS:
Hampshire County Council and 2 private owners.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of estovers. Contiguous with CLs 31, 52, 187, and 188 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Mixed woods that form part of Ludshott Common.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. An off-road cycle trail passes through.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 101 (Hampshire).
Part of Ludshott Common SSS1.


GEN:
All amenity grassland and play facilities.


GEN:
All amenity grassland and planted trees.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by a private owner. Now owned by Alton Town Council.


GEN:
Sheldon Green is {\it Quercus robur-Acer pseudocorus} woodland with some {\it P. aquilinum}.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of estovers, one right of turbary and one right of pannage. Pasture for cattle and horses.


GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 278 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A common of road verges and small area of woodland near Bartley.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of pannage which is limited from 25th September to 22nd November in each year. Pasture for horses.


GEN:
Flood-plain grassland with dry, and wet grassland with scrub and reed beds.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. There are two claims to shoot rabbits and ducks over this unit. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CL 261 (Hampshire). Countryside Heritage Site No 150 (record of which refers to horse-grazing.)


GEN:
A cattle-grazed field with recently created large pond.

ANOTES:
Signposted paths cross the site. The main one reaches the footbridge across the R. Enborne.

GNOTES:
No rights.
A sewage pumping station built on East side.


GEN:
A long-neglected area that is largely dominated by {\it Ulex europaeus} scrub to the north and old gravel pits to the south. Some acid grassland and remnant heath.

ANOTES:
Footpaths cross the site and are well used. A childs tyre swing has been erected on a tree to the SE of the site.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Hampshire County Council records.


GEN:
Clayford Common has wood scrub and acid grassland and old dry ponds.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries. Two rights of estovers, one right of pannage and one right of turbary. Pasture for cattle and horses. Contiguous with CL 268 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A small area that is registered common but more or less part of an attractive private garden. It is wooded around a large pond.


ANOTES:
Footpath across N.end and informal walking along mill stream. The Avon valley walk passes through the South end.


GEN:
A thin stretch of wooded land between Harbridge Hill and Bleak Hill. Part of the common is marked as a private nature reserve.


GEN:
A common of open grassland, woods and a pond.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. Hampshire County Council claim a right of way for all purposes and a right for storm water drainage.


GEN:
A suburban common of acidic grassland, scrub and woodland used for public recreation.


GNOTES:
Seven rights entries. Six rights of estovers. Rights of estovers include entries for bracken. Pasture for cattle, geese and goats. Contiguous with CL 53 (Hampshire), although unit lies in West Sussex.


GEN:
This common is mixed woodland with well-used paths.

OWNERS:
Part claimed by one private owner. Remainder of the land registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

GNOTES:
Eight rights entries incuding six rights of estovers. Some rights relate only to part of the unit. Rights of estovers are limited after September 1st in each year. Pasture for cattle, geese and goats. Contiguous with CLs 90 and 149, although this unit lies in West Sussex.


GEN:
A common of woodland and a large lake fringed by dense {\it Rhododendron}.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CLs 53, 90 and 142 (Hampshire), although this unit lies in West Sussex.


GEN:
A large urban common of woodland, amenity grasslands, amenity ponds with very small areas of wet heath.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 6 (ex Southampton County Borough: Hampshire). Most of the common is SSSI.


GEN:
Much of Newtown Common was heathland which is now {\it Betula} scrub-invaded. The woodland areas are mixed semi-natural woodland with extensive paths and bridleways.

ANOTES:
Extensive paths and bridleways well used.

GNOTES:
Sixteen rights entries. Sixteen rights of estovers, five rights of turbary, three rights of pannage and thirteen rights of common in soil. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, geese, goats, ducks and donkeys.


GEN:
Bartley Heath has extensive areas of wet heath with scrub and woodland invasion since the end of grazing. The common was much altered by new road layout in recent years.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the University of Oxford. Part owned by two private owners. Bartley Heath owned by Hampshire Wildlife Trust.

GNOTES:
Fifteen rights entries. Fifteen rights of estovers, six rights of pannage, ten rights of turbary, one right of piscary and five rights of common in soil. Some rights entries are subject to conditions imposed by Earl of Malmesbury as Lord of the Manor. Rights relate to only part of the unit. Since registration two parts have been removed (for road schemes) following applications from the Department of Environment. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. Pasture for cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, goats and geese. Contiguous with CL 108 (Hampshire).

Part of Hook Common and Bartley Heath SSSI. A small part of the common is part of Butter Wood SSSI.  Bartley Heath is now owned by the Hamphire Wildlife Trust.


GEN:
Grassland and planted trees managed for public amenity.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 1 (ex Southampton County Borough: Hampshire).


GEN:
This common lies at the end of Hazely Heath and includes wet and dry heathland, marshy grassland, scrub and woodland.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. One right held in gross. Two rights of estovers. There are two claims to rights of access one claim to a right to draw water one claim to build a small bridge and one claim for electricity cables to be passed over the land. Pasture for horses or donkeys. Contiguous with CL 100 (Hampshire).
Measured area different from recorded area.


GEN:
This common lies on the flood plain of the upper Test valley and consists of moderately cattle-grazed sward dominated by {\it Molinia caerulea/Carex paniculata}.

ANOTES:
Footpaths cross the common and are well used.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of piscary. Right is held in gross. Right of piscary is for River Test and River Dever. There is one claim to the sporting rights over this unit. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CL 223 (Hampshire).
Part of Bransbury Common SSSI. Bransbury Common is a Nature Conservation Review Site (L45) Grade 1.


GEN:
Silchester common is scrub-invaded dry and wet heathland with some secondary woodland and amenity grassland.

GNOTES:
Thirty rights entries. Twenty nine rights of estovers, twenty nine rights of turbary, twenty eight rights of common in soil, one right of piscary and six rights of pannage. There is one claim to a right of access, and one claim to a right of access to service and maintain water pipes, together with a right to use these for a water supply. Pasture for cattle, horses, pigs, geese, ducks, chickens, donkeys and goats. Contiguous with CLs 250, 251, 252 and 257 (Hampshire).

Part of Pamber Forest and Silchester Common SSSI.
A Countryside Heritage Site.


GEN:
A common of {\it Quercus} woodland, scrub, areas of bracken, heath and grassland.

ANOTES:
Access to most areas. Bridleways and footpaths.

GRAZINT:
Moderate cattle grazing of part of the common.

GNOTES:
Five rights entries including five rights of estovers. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CLs 141 and 142. This unit straddles the West Sussex/Hampshire border. Part of Woolmer Forest SSSI. Part of Countryside Heritage Site 49. The Holm Hills area is on the Ancient Woodland Inventory. Measured area greater than recorded area.


GEN:
This common is mostly heathland with areas of bracken and edges of woodland and scrub.

SOURCE:
Field survey. National Trust Biological survey.

GNOTES:
Eight rights entries including eight rights of estovers. Since registration part has been removed by the Department of Transport for highway land. There was a deed of release to extinguish rights over the land removed for highway. Pasture for cattle, horses, geese, pigs, goats and donkeys. Contiguous with Cl 50 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Broxhead Common has substantial heathland, developing {\it Quercus/Betula} woodland and areas of bracken and amenity grasslands.

ANOTES:
Formal and informal footpaths cross the common. Subject to MOD restrictions.

SOURCE:
Restricted field survey. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Seventeen rights entries. Fifteen rights of estovers, fifteen rights of turbary and fifteen rights of common in soil. Some rights relate to only part of the unit. There is one claim to the sporting rights and one claim to the shooting rights over this unit. Pasture for cattle, horses and goats. Contiguous with CL 304 (Hampshire).

Part of Broxhead and Kingsley Commons SSSI.


GEN:
Beech wood with some calcareous grassland.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by two private owners. Part owned by the National Trust.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries including one right of turbary. Pasture for cattle and horses. Contiguous with CL 103 (Hampshire). Part of Selborne Common SSSI. AONB.


GEN:
Copythorne Common includes heath, playing fields, acid grasslands and secondary wood. The section NW of the M27 is now de-registered, leaving only the section SE of the M27.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Remaining part claimed by both Hampshire County Council and a private individual. The two claimants are in conflict with each other.

ANOTES:
Open access to playing fields and de facto access to rest of common.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey and English Nature notes.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries including one right of pannage. Since registration, part removed following an application from Department of Transport in 1979 for the construction of the M27 motorway. Further part removed following an application in 1983. Pasture for cattle and horses. Contiguous with CL 166 (Hampshire).

A County Heritage Site (131).


GEN:
This common is a narrow strip of scrub and grassland parallel to a minor road.

GNOTES:
Four rights entries. Four rights of estovers. Pasture for cattle.


GEN:
An oak wood with much active hazel coppice. Listed in Ancient Woodland Index and managed for shooting, charcoal production and wildlife conservation.

ANOTES:
Public access permitted to common. A public footpath passes through.

GNOTES:
Four rights entries. Four rights of estovers. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CL 327 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A common found in and around the village of Shedfield that consists of broad-leaved woodland and acid grassland.

GRAZINT:
Grazing status unknown. CHS record notes grazing by one tethered pony.

GNOTES:
Countryside Heritage Site No 88. One rights entry. One right of estovers.


GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of estovers.


GEN:
Scrub and woods alongside an old right of way.

ANOTES:
Right of way for horses, walkers and cyclists. Hampshire County Council Off-road Cycle Trail.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit.


GEN:
Areas of acid/neutral grassland used for recreation, with woodland/scrub 'islands'.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Well used at time of survey for picknicking, with many cars parked on grass.

GNOTES:
Seven rights entries including one right of estovers. One right held in gross. One right relates to only part of the unit. There are two claims to rights of way over this unit. Pasture for cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys and goats. Contiguous with CL 117 (Hampshire). In East Hants AONB.


GEN:
Yately Green is partly amenity grassland, partly woodland with associated ponds. Used for public recreation.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Remainder owned by Local Authority.

GNOTES:
Forty rights entries. Twenty three rights of common in soil, thirty eight rights of estovers, thirty three rights of turbary, fifteen rights of  pannage and fifteen rights of piscary. The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of Lord of the Manor other than ownership. There is 1 claim to a right of way. County Council claim right of storm water drainage. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, geese, goats, ducks, chickens and donkeys. Contiguous with CL 308 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A common of woodland and acidic grassland and a large cemetery that includes grass/heath.

GNOTES:
Fifty rights entries. Twenty nine rights of common in soil, forty nine rights of estovers, forty four rights of turbary, nineteen rights of piscary and seven rights of pannage. One right is held in gross. Some entries for estovers include bracken. The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor other than ownership of the land. Pasture for cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, goats, geese, chickens, ducks and donkeys. Contiguous with CL 24 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Odiham common is a former wood pasture, grazed by cattle and horses. The main part of the common is {\it Quercus robur} with {\it Coryllus avellana understorey}. Some grassland lies on the West side of the common.

OWNERS:
Part owned by a Local Authority. Remainder of the land registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

SOURCE:
Field survey (part of common only). SSSI citation. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Eight rights entries. Four rights of estovers, turbary, piscary, pannage and common in soil. Rights of estovers include bracken. There are two claims to rights of way over this unit and one easement in respect of access. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, goats and geese. Contiguous with CLs 52, 192, 193 and part of 194 
(Hampshire).
This common forms the major part of Odiham Common with Bagwell Green and Shaw SSSI.


GEN:
A common of many sections in and around Hartley Wintney, consisting of woods, grassland and a few ponds.

GNOTES:
Four rights entries. Two rights of estovers, one right of turbary and one right of piscary. Since registration an Appropriation Order in 1973 removed 0.15 ha of the original unit and substituted 0.15 ha (2 parts) elsewhere. There is one claim to a right of access. Pasture for cattle, horses, donkeys, pigs, goats, geese, chickens and ducks. Contiguous with CLs 122, 123, 124, 125 and 126 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Recreation ground with allotments and play equipment.


GEN:
Dry heath forms a major part of this common with some wet heath, birch encroachment and bracken.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Ministry of Defence. Parts owned by five private owners.

ANOTES:
Formal and informal paths exist. MOD practice area.

SOURCE:
Field survey and English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Fourteen rights entries. Fourteen rights of estovers and twelve rights of turbary. There is one claim to a right of way and one claim to the shooting rights over the land in this unit. Contiguous with CL 191 (Hampshire).Part of Broxhead and Kingsley Commons SSSI.


GEN:
Chilbolton Common is a mosaic of grassland communities with flood plain marsh.

ANOTES:
Footpaths, formal and informal cross the common, and are well-used.

GRAZINT:
Cattle grazed at time of survey (12 cattle).

GNOTES:
Ten rights entries, one of those is held in gross. The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor other than ownership of the land all fishing rights and rights of drainage from adjoining land owned by Church. Pasture for cattle and horses.

Part of Chilbolton Common SSSI. Country Heritage Site No. 27.


OWNERS:
Part owned by a Local Authority. Part registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
Bramshott Common of dry heath, bracken with scrub and mixed woodland invasion, bisected by Portsmouth Rd. (A3)

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Ministry of Defence and remainder of the land owned by one private owner.

ANOTES:
De facto access, car park, several formal and informal paths cross the common.

GNOTES:
Twenty six rights entries. Five rights of estovers, five rights of turbary, eighteen rights of whitestump and eighteen rights of blacksmut. Whitestump is a right to dig up roots for fuel. Blacksmut is a right to collect charred root mould for fuel. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. Contiguous with CLs 101, 102, 140 and 225 (Hampshire). The northern part of this common (only) is part of Bramshott and Ludshott SSSI.


GEN:
A series of grazed fields with much {\it Ulex} scrub, woodland and tracks. No access to fields.

ANOTES:
Tracks cross the common. No access to fields.

GRAZINT:
Grazing level of fields unknown. Probably high.

GNOTES:
Six rights entries. Five rights of estovers, one right of pannage and one right of turbary. Rights of estovers include bracken after September 1st in each year. Pasture for cattle, geese, goats and pigs. Contiguous with CLs 61, 90 and 149 (Hampshire). Straddles the West Sussex and Hampshire border.


GEN:
Chalk scrub and grassland communities with some {\it Taxus bccata} and {\it Fagus sylvatica} woodland.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. (Horse-riding, walking).

SOURCE:
Brief field survey. National Trust Biological Survey.

GNOTES:
Eleven rights entries. One right of estovers. One right has grazing limited from 1st March to 31st of December in each year. There are three claims to the sporting rights over this unit. Pasture for sheep, cattle and horses. Contiguous with CLs 93, 224 and 298 (Hampshire). Part of Stockbridge Down SSSI.


GEN:
Road verge and scrub either side of Marsh Lane, between Up Green and Eversley Cross.

ANOTES:
No formal access but all adjacent to minor road.


GEN:
A common of wood pasture that contains pollards and varied woodland communities, scrub and grassland.

OWNERS:
Previously owned by four private owners. Now owned by Woodland Trust.

ANOTES:
Open access to public for walking and recreation.

SOURCE:
Field survey. Woodland Trust and English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Fourteen rights entries. Seven rights of estovers, five rights of turbary, one right of pannage and one right of common in soil. Some rights relate to only part of the unit and also have grazing time limited. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. Pasture for cattle, pigs, goats and horses.

The whole common makes up Binswood SSSI. It is Countryside Heritage Site 71.


GEN:
This common is mostly {\it Quercus} woodland with 
some scrub.

ANOTES:
Open access. Separate horse-riding and walking paths (Permissive paths) through the wood.

GNOTES:
No rights. The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor.


GEN:
A common of dry and humid heaths, woodland, {\it Ulex} scrub.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. Contiguous with CL 240 (Hampshire). County Heritage Site 121 (part).


GEN:
Passfield Common has substantial woodland and areas of fen and wet heath, dry heath and alder carr.

SOURCE:
National Trust Biological survey. Limited field survey due to weather. SSSI Citations.

GNOTES:
Twelve rights entries. Twelve rights of estovers, one right of turbary, one right of piscary and four rights of pannage. There are four claims to rights of access, one easement, and one claim to the shooting rights over this unit. Pasture for cattle, horses, geese, pigs and goats.

Conford SSSI covers part of southern area. The site is part of the Woolmer Forest SSSI.


GEN:
Most of this common is ploughed land but the slopes on the SE side have broadleaf and mixed woodland with scrub.   Archaeological interest in Woolbury Ring ramparts.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CLs 54 and 224 (Hampshire).


GEN:
This common is old pasture woodland near Hartley Wespall.


GEN:
Cattle-grazed fields adjacent to the River Loddon.

OWNERS:
Part claimed by the National Trust. Remainder of the land registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


GEN:
A large tract of {\it Betula} invaded heathland (with wet and dry heath) with some acidic grassland, scrub and amenity grassland.

SOURCE:
Field survey. SSSI Citation. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries including three rights of estovers. Rights relate to parts of the unit only. There are 9 claims to rights of way over this unit. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CL 49 (Hampshire).

Hazeley Heath SSSI.


GEN:
This common has some of the most extensive tracts of heath in the western weald. The heaths are scrub invaded. The valley sides have widespread oak woodland. Much of the common was burnt in 1980.

ANOTES:
Open access. Many formal and informal paths and bridleways.

SOURCE:
Field survey. National Trust Biological Survey.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries including three rights of estovers. Pasture for cattle, goats and pigs. Contiguous with CL 50, 222 and 225 (Hampshire).
Part of Ludshott and Bramshot Commons  SSSI.


GEN:
A large common of {\it Fagus}-dominated east-facing calcareous woodland and a plateau of mixed wood and wood pasture and an area of acid grassland.

ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. Used by school and special interest groups.

SOURCE:
Brief field survey, National Trust survey and English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries including one right of turbary. One entry relates to only part of the unit. Pasture for cattle and horses. Contiguous with CL 227 (Hampshire).
Selbourne Common SSSI. AONB. Nature Conservation Review Site Grade 1.
Possible damage by large recreational or educational groups.


GEN:
This common is all amenity grassland, road verge with some scrub and planted trees.


GEN:
A wooded common with old ponds near Dipley.

ANOTES:
De facto access. Walkers present during survey.


GEN:
Ancient marsh/meadows, traditionally grazed by commoners. Also small area of {\it Alnus glutinosa} woodland.

OWNERS:
Owned by one private owner. (Hampshire Wildlife Trust).

ANOTES:
Formal access situation unknown. Some evidence of informal access.

GNOTES:
Nine rights entries. Eight rights of estovers, seven rights of turbary, one right of piscary and six rights of pannage. Pasture for cattle, horses, pigs, geese, goats and chickens. Contiguous with CL 4 (Hampshire).


GEN:
The Slab is a common of military exercise areas within a matrix of woodland-invaded heath.

ANOTES:
Some footpaths on OS map. Access restricted.

SOURCE:
Field survey from road. English Nature records.

GNOTES:
Seven rights entries. Seven rights of estovers, seven rights of turbary, five rights of piscary and three rights of common in soil. There are 5 claims to rights of way, and one claim to the shooting rights over this unit. Pasture for cattle, horses and goats.


GEN:
Bramdean Common is partly oak secondary woodland and partly mixed plantation.

ANOTES:
A Bridleway and a 'Road used as a Public Path',  which are both well-used, cross the common.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries including two rights of estovers. Two rights relate to only part of the unit. Pasture for cattle and horses. Contiguous with CL 17 (Hampshire). In East Hampshire AONB.


GEN:
A common of post-war plantations of {\it Fagus sylvatica, Quercus} sp. and conifers. Probably an old pasture woodland with good ground flora (include ancient woodland indicator species) in woodland rides. Managed by Forestry Commission.

SOURCE:
English Nature records. Limited field survey from boundary.

GNOTES:
One rights entry including one right of estovers.
In East Hampshire AONB.


GEN:
Zephon Common is woodland, mostly {\it Quercus robur} with some {\it Betula} and {\it Salix} scrub.

OWNERS:
Part owned by a financial institution. Remainder of the land registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
A footpath crosses the common. Low recreational use for walking etc.


GEN:
This common is mostly pasture with small areas of rough grass and scrub. Surveyed from road.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by four private owners. Remainder of the land registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Bridleway across common. Some horse-riding in southern part.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries including one right of pannage. One entry relates to only part of the unit. Pasture for cattle and horses. Contiguous with CL 9 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A small common of scrub and tall ruderal vegetation.

GNOTES:
Seven rights entries. Seven rights of turbary, seven rights of common in soil and seven rights of piscary. Pasture for cattle, horses, pigs, geese and poultry. Contiguous with CL 41 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A common divided into marshy grassland and scrub to the south and woodland to the north.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 72 (Hampshire).
In Bransbury Common SSSI. Bransbury Common is a Nature Conservation Review Site (L45) Grade 1.


GEN:
Large artificial pond/lakes (The Hammer Ponds of old iron smelting industry now called Waggoners Wells) are surrounded by woods.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the National Trust. Part owned by the Ministry of Defence. Part owned by Hampshire County Council. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

GNOTES:
One rights entry including one right of estovers,  one right of whitestump and one right of Blacksmut. Right for whitestump is a right to dig up roots for fuel. Right for blacksmut is a right to collect charred root mould for fuel. Pasture for cattle and geese. Contiguous with CLs 50 and 101 (Hampshire). Within Ludshott and Bramshot Commons SSSI.


OWNERS:
Part registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. Remainder of the land is unclaimed.


GEN:
A common of {\it Quercus} woodlands and neutral grasslands.

GNOTES:
One rights entry including one right of estovers. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CL 281 (Hampshire). Part of Ancient Woodland Survey.


GEN:
An area of road, rough grassland, and scrub on the edge of Cadnam.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, by Hampshire County Council, and by Secretary of State for Transport.

GNOTES:
One rights entry including one right of pannage. There are four claims to rights of access over this unit. Pasture for horses.


GEN:
A common of road verges, scrub,and acidic grasslands.

ANOTES:
De facto access for walkers. Horse riding.

GNOTES:
Four rights entries including two rights of estovers. Pasture for cattle.


GEN:
This common consists of sports grounds divided by a wooded path.

ANOTES:
Path across site. Sports grounds for MoD.


GEN:
Amenity grassland and verges around the village of Moulsham Green.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 27 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Part of the flood plain of the River Test which includes 'tall sedge-rich fen communities and riparian habitats'.

OWNERS:
Has been referred to the Commons Commissioner and decision on ownership is awaited.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CL 325 (Hampshire). Part of East Aston Common SSSI


GEN:
A common of wet grasslands and woodland, partly used for recreation.

ANOTES:
Public access through northern part of the common on footpath.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. Pasture for cattle. Contiguous with CLs 170 and 324 (Hampshire). Part of East Aston Common SSSI.


GEN:
A mosaic of cattle and horse grazed acidic grassland with thickets of {\it Ulex} scrub.

GRAZINT:
Cattle and horse grazed, rabbits (and ducks?)

GNOTES:
Twenty seven rights entries including one right of turbary. One right held in gross. There are 23 claims to a right to shoot rabbits and ducks. Pasture for cattle, horses and donkeys.

This common is within the Avon Valley SSSI and Proposed SPA and Ramsar Site. A County Heritage Site (No 159)


GEN:
Chalk downland, chalk heath, scrub and woodland on the Hampshire - Wiltshire - Dorset borders.

ANOTES:
Access open to many parts, though not throughout at time of survey to protect nesting birds. Much used for recreation i.e. walking, bird-watching. Car park. Footpaths, RUPPs, Bridleways at various points (recent adjustments to routes according to signs).

GNOTES:
Eleven rights entries. One entry relates to only part of the unit. Most entries include ancillary rights to maintain water trough on the Down. Pasture for sheep.
This common forms the part of Martin and Tidpit Downs SSSI. Martin Down is a National Nature Reserve.


GEN:
A mixture of scrub woodland, heath and amenity grasslands.

GNOTES:
No rights. A County Heritage Site No. 13.


GEN:
Broad-leaved woodland with grassland areas.

GNOTES:
One right, including one right of estovers. Pasture for cattle. Much abandoned farm machinery.


GEN:
Woods and grassland by the village of Sandleheath.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. There are four claims to rights of access over this unit. Contiguous with CL 219 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Hightown Common is mostly {\it Q. robur} woodland with some {\it P. aquilinum} in open areas.


GEN:
A common of two parts near Lopshill that includes marshy and acidic grassland, scrub, and bracken.

ANOTES:
Footpaths cross each section of the common.

GNOTES:
One rights entry. One right of estovers and one right of pannage. Pasture for cattle and horses.

Countryside Heritage Sites 143 and 145.


ANOTES:
Open access for recreation. More village green than common.

GNOTES:
No rights entries. The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor other than ownership of the land.


GEN:
Rough unused acidic grassland with few isolated {\it Quercus robur} and surrounding hedge of {\it Crataegus monogyna}. Some areas mown.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 136 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Open grassland with some scrub and trees.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. Pasture for cattle, sheep, horses, goats, geese, ducks and chickens. Contiguous with CL 135 (Hampshire).


GEN:
Shortheath Common has extensive dry heath that is invaded by {\it Betula} scrub, {\it Quercus robur} woodland and {\it P. aquilinum}. There are also small areas of acid grassland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by the Ministry of Defence. Remainder of the land is registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
A minor road and footpaths cross the common. At time of survey much recreation such as walking, dog walking, picnics in progress.

GNOTES:
Eleven rights entries. Eleven rights of estovers and eight rights of turbary. There are 13 claims to rights of way over this unit. Pasture for cattle, horses and goats.
All of the common is Shortheath Common SSSI.


GEN:
This common is all amenity grassland with a car park and play area.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 87 (Hampshire).


GEN:
This common runs parallel to the Farnham Rd. and
consists of broadleaved woodland (nearest the road) and grassland with a pond on the Little Rye Farm side.

GNOTES:
Three rights entries. One right of estovers and one right of turbary. Pasture for cattle, geese, goats and sheep.


GEN:
Most of Poulner Wood is {\it Quercus robur} wood with scrub regenerating after power line management.

OWNERS:
Parts registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Tracks and informal footpaths used by walkers, cyclists and horse-riders.


GEN:
Hamble Common is largely coastal heath, a rare habitat, with some scrub and woodland.

OWNERS:
Once owned by Winchester College. Now owned, according to notice board, by Eastleigh Borough Council.

ANOTES:
Public access throughout. The Hamble Circular Walk passes through.

SOURCE:
Field survey, Eastleigh Borough Council.

GNOTES:
No rights. SSSI (Lee-on-Solent to Itchen Estuary).


GEN:
Part of the Lee-on-Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI
that includes oak woodland near Hamble Cliff that overlooks Southampton Water.

ANOTES:
Cliff path is well used and there are many informal paths.

GNOTES:
No rights. Part of the Lee-on-Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI.


GEN:
A small area of shingle and grassland overlooking Southampton Water.

GNOTES:
No rights. Part of Lee-on-Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI.


GEN:
A common of flood plain grasslands and scrub and river edge.

SOURCE:
Field survey only from bridge over river.

GNOTES:
No rights. This unit straddles the Hampshire/Dorset border.


GEN:
A common with rich calcareous grassland flora with appropriate insect fauna, and considerable scrub. Bisected by M27 motorway.

ANOTES:
Open access. Walkway over M27 connects two sections.

SOURCE:
Field survey. SSSI citation. Unimproved calcareous grassland survey.


GEN:
A series of semi-improved grasslands, scrub and a small area of calcareous grassland.

ANOTES:
Tracks and paths between some parts but no general access. Open access to Nature Reserve part.

GRAZINT:
Moderate horse grazing on main part of common.

GNOTES:
No rights. Pasture for cattle. Nature Reserve is part of County Heritage Site No 103.


GEN:
A large area of rough semi-improved grassland used for grazing and recreation.

OWNERS:
Owned by the trustees of Basingstoke Common.

GNOTES:
Forty one rights entries. Rights were registered by the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Basingstoke. There has been an exchange of land following an application from Basingstoke District Council. Pasture for cattle.


GEN:
A common wrapped round two sides of CL 12 and made up of scrub and neutral/calcareous grassland.

ANOTES:
No formal footpath, but informal path down western side.

GNOTES:
No rights. Contiguous with CL 12 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A common of wood, scrub and MG1 unimproved meadow.

GNOTES:
Two rights entries. One right of estovers and one right of turbary. Pasture for cattle, horses, goats and geese. Contiguous with CL 194 (Hampshire).


GEN:
A large common of heath, mixed woodland, scrub, amenity grassland and airfields.

ANOTES:
Access open to some areas for recreation.

GNOTES:
Twenty three rights entries. Twenty rights of estovers, seventeen rights of turbary, four rights of piscary, three rights of pannage and sixteen rights of common in soil. One right relates to only part of unit. The Church Commissioners claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor other than ownership of land. There is one claim to a right of access and one claim to easements over this land. Pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, goats, geese and donkeys. Contiguous with CLs 28 and 48 (Hampshire). Most of the common is part of Castle Bottom to Yateley Common SSSI. 15 per cent of the common is Country Park.


GEN:
This common supports extensive areas of dry dwarf shrub heath and dry heath/acid grassland mosaic grading into a mire community on top of the main ridge with continuous bracken and unimproved acid grassland on the north-eastern slopes of Black Hill and some species-rich calcareous grassland at the south-eastern end.

ANOTES:
Offa's Dyke Path runs along the western boundary of the common and there are at least three other public footpaths and a short length of public bridleway on the common. There is a car park and picnic area at the southern end of Black Hill managed by Hereford and Worcester County Council.

SOURCE:
Wales Field Unit survey of Mynydd Du (Eastern) published 1982 (NCC), SSSI citation, Hereford and Worcester County Council records, Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
This common is registered under Breconshire but lies entirely within the county of Herefordshire for which reason it has been included in this report. There are 45 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and ponies. 17 entries are cross referenced with entries under CLs 24 or 41. The common lies within the Black Mountains Site of Special Scientific Interest and adjoins CL41 Powys and CL2 Gwent. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area dominated by continuous bracken and scattered scrub with a few pockets of semi-improved and unimproved acid grassland and a small area of marshy grassland around a spring.

ANOTES:
A metalled road leads up onto the common at White Rocks and three public footpaths lead up onto the common. The common appears to have {\it de facto} right of access with a number of maintained tracks and paths. A local activity centre has been taking four-wheeled drive vehicles onto the common. Two boys were playing in a rubber dingy on the pond at the time of the site visit. Recreational use is probably mostly by local residents as access is not easy/obvious.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 17 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. There are also 7 rights of estovers, one of turbary, one of herbage and one of sheepwalk. The rights of estovers include two entries for bracken. There are three claims to rights of way over this unit and two claims to rights to draw water from the common spring.


GEN:
This unit comprises three commons and interconnecting roads and tracks supporting improved and semi-improved neutral grassland, continuous bracken and scrub.

ANOTES:
Lower Maes-coed common is crossed by numerous minor roads and tracks. Some of these tracks were no longer used and overgrown with scrub. There are four public footpaths marked crossing the common on the OS 1:50000 map. An additional public footpath was also signposted on the easternmost track on the common. Some of the public footpaths were possibly obstructed. Recreational use is probably largely by local residents.

GNOTES:
There are 19 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs and geese and two rights of estovers. There are two claims to rights of way over this unit. There was a large heap of garden refuse on Lower common and a parked caravan and trailer near the eastern end. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland locally with scattered bracken and bordered by intact, species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
Lower House common lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by two farm tracks. Two public footpaths cross the common, neither of which were signposted and which were little used. The area along the road possibly enjoys open access. Part was temporarily fenced at the time of the site visit. There is a claim on the commons register to use area for recreational purposes by persons residing in St. Margarets district.

GNOTES:
There are eight rights entries for this common, including 8 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, fowls and geese and 3 of estovers. One right of estovers is for fern. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit and one claim for use of the area for recreational purposes by persons residing in St. Margarets district. There is some dumped manure on the eastern end of the common and a small area of hardstanding opposite Pear Tree cottage which is used for parking. There was temporary fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of species-rich, semi-improved neutral grassland with encroaching scrub.

ANOTES:
Canon Tump common lies adjacent to a minor road from which it is fenced. A public bridleway crosses the common.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture on this common for sheep and cattle. There are two claims for rights of way over this unit. The common is a Herefordshire Nature Trust Reserve. It has been fenced.


GEN:
An area supporting unimproved neutral grassland (locally semi-improved) and semi-improved to unimproved acid grassland (locally with scattered bracken and scrub), with small areas of broadleaved woodland and continuous scrub and two small extant ponds.

ANOTES:
Garway common is crossed by three minor roads. A number of tracks cross the common to properties. There are no public rights of way on the common, however the common probably enjoys open access. An area is mown as a recreation area at the eastern end of the common with goalpost, swings and seesaw. Use of the common for motor bike scrambling has been a problem in the past (Bill Laws, 1987).

SOURCE:
Site visit, Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997, Garway Ponds Environmental Arts Project interim report (South Herefordshire Countryside Action Partnership, 1997) and letter to local newspaper (Bill Laws, 1987).

GNOTES:
There are 18 rights entries on this common including 18 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, geese, poultry, pigs, goats and ducks. There are also 6 rights of estovers, eight of pannage, and six of turbary. One right is held in gross. There are three claims to rights of access over this unit. Some dumping of garden refuse was noted on the common.


GEN:
An area supporting unimproved, {\it Nardus stricta} dominated acid grassland (locally semi-improved), locally with scattered {\it Ulex gallii} and with continuous bracken on the eastern slopes.

ANOTES:
Cefn hill is crossed by a minor road and three public bridlepaths. There is limited public access.

GNOTES:
There are 13 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. The common adjoins CL155. Small parts of the common have been incorporated into adjoining fields and there is some internal fencing. Some dumping was noted on the common.


GEN:
A small common supporting semi-improved neutral grassland with small areas of tall ruderal vegetation.

ANOTES:
An access track to properties crosses the common which is in part a public footpath. A second footpath also crosses the common (marked as starting at the edge of the common on the OS 1:50,000 map, 1984).

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for cattle and sheep. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
A network of tracks and small areas of common supporting unimproved and semi-improved neutral grassland (locally with scattered bracken and scrub), improved grassland, continuous bracken, broadleaved woodland and species-rich hedgerows.

ANOTES:
Walterstone common is crossed by a minor road and an access track to properties. It is crossed by four public footpaths. The footpaths are well used and one had been used by cattle (as an access to fields?).

GNOTES:
There are nine rights entries on this common including nine rights of pasture for cattle, sheep, horses, turkeys, geese, chickens and ducks and two of estovers. Rights of estovers relate to bracken. There are five claims to rights of access over this unit. Some dumping of grass cuttings was noted on the common. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area of continuous bracken with pockets of {\it Ulex gallii} heath and semi-improved acid grassland crossed by two springlines. The lower slopes support marshy grassland, locally with scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
Vagar Hill is crossed by a minor road, a public footpath and a public bridlepath, neither of which were waymarked. The bridlepath appears to be in use.

GNOTES:
There are 12 rights entries for this common including 12 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses and one right of estovers. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. The common adjoins CL133. It is fenced along the road.


GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. Not surveyed.


GEN:
An area of continuous bracken with scattered scrub with small areas of semi-natural broadleaved woodland and semi-improved neutral grassland and a length of defunct, species-rich hedgerow.

ANOTES:
Lower common is crossed by a minor road and a single public footpath.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry for this common including the right of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses and one right of estovers.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous bracken with scattered scrub and tall ruderal vegetation and small areas of continuous scrub and semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
Saddlebow hill is crossed by a minor road, two access tracks to properties and an unused and un-navigable public footpath. There is a roadside layby on the common.

GNOTES:
There are four rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. There is a roadside layby on the common.


GEN:
An area of poor semi-improved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
A gated access track leads from the minor road to the common. There are no public rights of way across this common although there are stiles - access for fishing? Land between the common and the disused railway is managed as a local authority picnic area.

GNOTES:
There are 33 rights entries for this common including 23 rights of pasture for sheep and cattle, 4 of estovers and 31 of common in soil. Common in the soil entries relate to rights to take gravel from the River Wye. There are 11 claims to shooting rights over the land in this unit. There is also one claim to a right to take gravel from the land in this unit, from the River Wye. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest.


GEN:
A length of the River Wye and an area of adjoining species-poor, semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered trees along the river bank and relatively species-rich hedgerows with trees.

ANOTES:
Moor meadow is crossed by two well used public footpaths one forming part of a riverside walk.

GNOTES:
There are four rights entries on this common including four rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and horses and one right of estovers. The right of estovers relates to a right of mowing. Three rights entries have grazing limited to between August and February. The common lies within the Wye valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Part of the common lies within the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest.


OWNERS:
Owned by the Incumbent for the time being of the benefice of St. Dubricius, Hentland.


GEN:
A common consisting of several areas of land and interconnecting tracks supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland, semi-improved neutral grassland, continuous bracken and tall ruderal vegetation.

ANOTES:
Welsh Newton common is crossed by a minor road and a number of tracks. There are a number of public footpaths on the common which are also used for horse riding.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights entries for this common, including 8 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, goats, geese, chickens and pigs, 6 rights of estovers, 4 of turbary, 3 of pannage and one of piscary. There are eight claims to rights of access over this unit. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland in the Wye valley dominanted by ancient {\it Fagus sylvatica} pollards with scattered scrub and tall ruderal vegetation along the roadside scar.

ANOTES:
The Old Quarry lies adjacent to the B4228 south of Ross-on-Wye. A well used public bridlepath crosses the south-eastern edge of the common. Access away from this would be dangerous due to the steepness of the slope.

SOURCE:
Site visit, draft management plan by Herefordshire Nature Trust (HNT, undated).

GNOTES:
There are no rights on this common. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
A small common supporting semi-improved neutral grassland with a separate narrow strip of broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
Peterstow common lies adjacent to the A49 west of Ross-on-Wye. It is bisected by a minor road and crossed by a second. The common enjoys open access with several closely mown paths crossing the common.

GNOTES:
There are seven rights entries for this common, including 7 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and horses and 2 of estovers. There are three claims to rights of access over this unit and one claim to a right of drainage. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A small area of the common has been tarmacked. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-improved neutral grassland, locally with scattered broadleaved trees, intersected by tracks and paths.

ANOTES:
Upper Grove common lies between two minor roads. It is crossed by several tracks and paths. A single public footpath crosses the common. There is a little used football pitch on the eastern end of the common.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights of pasture on this common for sheep and poultry. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is a shed and log pile on the common and some dumped garden refuse. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area comprising the north and west facing slopes of a two mile long ridge supporting continuous bracken with scattered scrub and pockets of unimproved acid grassland and areas of semi-natural broadleaved woodland, plantation woodland and continuous scrub and a number of species listed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by one private owner. Now owned by The Coppet Hill Trust Ltd.

ANOTES:
Coppet Hill is crossed by a minor road and access tracks to properties. A single public footpath crosses the northern end of the common following the River Wye and forming part of the Wye Valley Way. There are permissive paths on the common (including bridleways) provided by the Coppet Hill Trust and Hereford and Worcester County Council Countryside Service. Recreational use is moderate.

SOURCE:
Site visits, Coppet Hill Common Management Plan (Hereford and Worcester Countryside Service, 1987), Herefordshire Nature Trust records including species lists for vascular plants, birds and butterflies recorded 1982-83 (T. Fenton), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 17 rights entries on this common including 17 rights of pasture for sheep, horses, goats, asses, poultry, pigs and a donkey, 16 rights of estovers and one of pannage. Rights of estovers relate to pea and bean sticks and kindling wood up to 4 inches circumference. There is one claim to the shooting rights and an easement allowing a right to maintain 6 beehives on the common. There are eight claims to rights of access over this unit. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A very small proportion of the common is included in the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest (the banks and up to 10m of land to secure water quality).


GEN:
A small area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a fragment of unimproved calcareous grassland.

ANOTES:
Kiln Tumps is crossed by a Road Used as a Public Path (RUPP). An access track runs alongside. Part of the common is fenced along the RUPP.

SOURCE:
Site visit, SSSI citation and site file, notes on the geology and history of the vegetation of the Great Doward area in the Herefordshire Nature Trust 'Guide to Nature Reserves'.

GNOTES:
There are two rights entries on this common including two rights of pasture for sheep, two rights of estovers and two of common in soil. Common in Soil entries relate to stone and lime. Much of the common lies within the Great Doward Site of Special Scientific Interest and the whole lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Part of the common is fenced from the track crossing it.


GEN:
An area of amenity grassland bordering the River Wye with small areas of coarse, semi-improved neutral grassland with tall ruderal vegetation and continuous scrub, bordered by a defunct, species-rich hedgerow with scattered broadleaved trees along the river bank.

ANOTES:
Wilton common is bisected by the A40(T) and is crossed by two public footpaths. The area enjoys open access, part being managed as a picnic area and part adjoining a playing field.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for cattle. A note in the register states holder does not propose to exercise the right. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest.


GEN:
A large common supporting improved grassland and continuous bracken with scattered scrub and trees (including a number of ancient pollards), two sizeable coniferous plantations (one recently clear-felled), small areas of semi-natural broadleaved woodland, streams and some relict acid grassland.

ANOTES:
Four minor roads lead to the edge of the common and there are numerous tracks crossing the common. A single public footpath crosses the common which also enjoys open access. Some horse riding takes place on the common. Bircher coppice is fenced off from the rest of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, National Trust survey, 1984 (as part of Croft Castle estate), 1983 botanical survey and bird report (R. Wilkins), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 57 rights entries for this common, including 56 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, goats, hens and ducks, 19 rights of estovers, 6 of pannage, 2 of turbary and 10 of Common in Soil. Rights of estovers include entries for bracken, fern and brushwood. Common in Soil rights are for stone from existing quarries. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food claim an {\it inter alia} lease of the Oaker and Bircher Coppices within this unit for a term of 198 years from 25th March 1925. They are liable to fence off part of the common for periods of 7 years to replant and to take minerals for use on demised properties. The lease includes rights of way to the coppices. There are three claims to rights of way over this unit including one from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food.  The common adjoins Leinthall common (CL31) to the north. There are a few sheds on the common. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GNOTES:
There are 26 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. One right is held in gross. One entry has grazing limited to between 24th June and 25th December in each year. The common has no public access and was not surveyed.


GEN:
An area supporting predominantly continuous bracken locally with scattered scrub with smaller areas of semi-improved and unimproved acid grassland, continuous scrub, springs and standing water and semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Owned by The Smallholdings Committee of Herefordshire County Council, now Hereford and Worcester County Council.

ANOTES:
Two adopted unclassified highways lead up to the common which is crossed by two public footpaths. A network of other tracks also cross the common. Recreational use of the common is low and includes walking and horse-riding.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Little Mountain Common Local Nature Reserve Management Plan including 1994 Phase 1 survey, Herefordshire Nature Trust Botanical survey (09.06.90) and Pryor and Rickett Silviculture woodland survey, 08.93 (Hereford and Worcester County Council, 1995), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 18 properties with registered rights including rights of pasture, estovers and the cutting and taking of bracken and fern. There are 17 rights of pasture as follows: 1) 4 sheep or 1 cow or 5 colts, 2) 85 sheep or 57 cows or 114 colts, 3) 97 sheep or 65 cows or 130 colts, 4) 46 sheep or 31 cows or 62 colts, 5) 84 sheep or 56 cows or 112 colts, 6) 67 sheep or 45 cows or 90 colts, 7) 43 sheep or 29 cows or 58 colts, 8) 1 sheep or 1 colt, 9) 9 sheep or 12 colts or 6 beasts, 10) 24 sheep or 16 cows or 32 colts, 11) 25 sheep and 4 cattle, 12) 5 sheep or 4 cows or 7 colts, 13) 15 sheep or 10 cows or 20 colts, 14) 78 sheep or 52 cows or 104 colts, 15) 20 sheep and 4 cows, 16) 134 sheep and 10 colts and 17) 51 sheep or 68 ponies or 34 beasts. 
Two of the rightholders also hold the rights of estovers and one to cut and remove fern. One of the listed rightholders has no rights specified? There are two claims to rights of way over this unit and two claims to rights to draw water and maintain supply pipes. The common is a Local Nature Reserve.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered ornamental plantings and small areas of bracken and scrub.

ANOTES:
A minor road runs to the eastern end of the common and a track crosses the north-eastern edge. There are 3 public footpaths marked on the Ordnance survey (1966) crossing the common but there were additional rights of way including a bridlepath signposted on the common. Recreational use is moderate.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry on this common including the right of pasture for sheep or cattle and the right of estovers. The entry claims the sole grazing rights of any kind (specifying sheep or cattle) and a right to bracken for bedding. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of damp semi-improved (possibly unimproved) neutral grassland adjacent to a stream with a stretch of species-rich hedgerow.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a minor road but there are no other public rights of way across the common. The common was fenced from the road with electric fencing at the time of the site visit.

GNOTES:
There are 4 rights of pasture on this common for sheep and cattle. There was temporary fencing on the common at the time of the site visit.


GEN:
An area of amenity grassland with scattered plantings of ornamental trees.

OWNERS:
Owned by The Smallholdings Committee of Herefordshire County Council.

ANOTES:
Spearmarsh is crossed by a minor road and track and lies adjacent to a second minor road. There are no public rights of way across the common but it enjoys open access. There is a cricket pitch on the common and benches, picnic tables and litter bins.

GNOTES:
There are 6 rights of pasture on this common for cattle, sheep, horses, goats, geese, pigs, ducks and chickens. There are three claims to rights of way over this unit. The village hall stands on the common.


GEN:
An area of unimproved neutral grassland crossed by a stream with an overgrown pond and species-rich hedgerows.

ANOTES:
Hopley's Green is crossed by a minor road and tracks. A single public footpath runs along the south-eastern boundary. Recreational use is probably minimal.

GNOTES:
There are 4 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and poultry. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. Some dumped gravel was noted on the common. The measured area is greater than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a small area of improved grassland.

ANOTES:
Tan House Green is crossed by two minor roads. There are no public rights of way on the common although a moderately used path crosses both sections of the common.

GNOTES:
There are two rights entries on this common including two rights of pasture for cattle and sheep, one right of estovers and one right of pannage. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. The measured area is greater than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of coarse semi-improved neutral grassland with a large proportion of encroaching scrub.

ANOTES:
Logaston common is approached by a small lane from the north. Two public rights of way lead off from the common, the one apparently overgrown with {\it Urtica dioica}, and the other largely obstructed with crops on the way to Almeley. Recreational use is probably only by locals.

GNOTES:
There are four rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. There are two claims to rights of way over this unit.


GEN:
An area of generally rank semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
Nicholas common is crossed by a minor road and two public footpaths (although there was no evidence of the western footpath on the ground). Recreational use is probably minimal. There are a few access tracks to properties crossing the common.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights entries for this common including 8 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, ducks, geese and fowls and three of estovers. There are four claims to rights of way over this unit and one claim to a right of drainage overflow under the common. There is temporary and internal fencing on the common. A garden is encroaching on the common. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland, continuous scrub and continuous bracken with scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
Leinthall common is crossed by two public footpaths. A path also runs along the top edge of the common from the National Trust Bircher common. The section of this path from the eastern edge of the National Trust Croft Ambrey fort to the edge of Yatton Hill is a permissive path forming part of the Mortimer Way. There are a number of well used additional paths and the common is used for horse-riding.

GNOTES:
There are 7 rights entries for this common including 7 rights of pasture for sheep, horses, cattle, pigs and goats, 3 of estovers and one of turbary. Rights of estovers include entries for bracken for litter, firewood and fencing timber. There are two claims to manorial and shooting rights over this unit. One of these entries also includes timber rights and mineral rights. The common adjoins CL143 and CL57.


GEN:
An area largely supporting semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered scrub and some improved grassland, semi-improved acid grassland and areas of bracken and woodland.

ANOTES:
Two minor roads lead to the edge of the common and a third touches the northernmost point. A single public footpath crosses the south-western end of the common. The common however, enjoys open access. Cars were observed driving across the common (causing damage to the grassland) and someone was observed practicing golf.

SOURCE:
Site visits, 'The Wildlife of Westhope Common' (A.Brian, 1995), English Nature Phase 1 survey (undated), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 34 rights entries for this common including 34 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, poultry and geese, five of estovers and two of turbary. Numbers of stock included in the grazing rights are 1,500 sheep, 100 cattle, 2 horses and one beast. Rights of estovers include entries for timber for fencing and hedging purposes and bracken. There are 14 claims to rights of access over this unit. The common is designated a county Special Wildlife Site. Some dumping was noted on the common. There is a property on the northern end of the common?


GEN:
A hilltop common supporting areas of unimproved and semi-improved acid grassland on the upper slopes and continuous bracken on the lower slopes with some {\it Ulex gallii} dry dwarf shrub heath.

ANOTES:
Bradnor hill is crossed by two public footpaths, one of which forms part of the Offas Dyke Long Distance Path. The common has open public access, but is not heavily used away from the golf course.

SOURCE:
Site visit, National Trust biological survey, 1984, English Nature geological SSSI citation - 'Bradnor Hill Quarry', 'Kington and District Botany and Birds' by J.Bromley (undated), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 23 rights entries for this common, including 23 rights of pasture for sheep, ducks, geese and poultry and 12 rights of estovers. Rights of estovers are for bracken and litter. Kington Golf Club lease land in this unit and claim a right to maintain a golf course. There are five claim to rights of way over this unit and four claims to a right to draw water from a standpipe on the common. Bradnor Hill Quarry SSSI lies within the common boundary. The common adjoins CL181. A small area of the common has been taken into a field under ley cultivation.


GEN:
An area supporting damp, semi-improved (locally unimproved) neutral-acid grassland bordered by scattered broadleaved trees along the stream and river banks and intact species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
A surfaced track crosses the common to Jay cottages. Two little used public footpaths are signposted across the common although not marked on the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 (1972).

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights of pasture on this common for cattle and sheep. All grazing rights are held in gates; 1 gate equals 1 sheep, 5 gates equals 1 cow. The common is closed to stock from January 1st to May 1st in each year. There is also one claim to the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor including all sporting and fishing rights. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit.


GEN:
Three separate pieces of land supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland and continuous scrub with small areas of continuous bracken and semi-improved neutral grassland on the northernmost section.

OWNERS:
The Pyons with Birley Group Parish Council.

ANOTES:
The northern two sections are crossed by a minor road. The southernmost section lies adjacent to a track and is crossed by two tracks. There are no public rights of way on the common.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for sheep. Grazing is limited to the summmer months. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit.


GEN:
Without access to the common it was apparently largely wooded with an area of continuous bracken and scattered scrub. Part could not be seen.

ANOTES:
There is no public access to the common.

GNOTES:
There are three rights entries for this common including three rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses, two of estovers, one of pannage and one of turbary. One entry for estovers includes tree loppings, brush and underwood. There is one claim to the shooting rights over this unit.


GEN:
A strip of species-rich, semi-natural broadleaved woodland bordering a minor road.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a minor road and a few access tracks to fields and the FC plantation. There are no public rights of way on the common.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. Some dumped soil was noted. The measured area is greater then the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous scrub, continuous bracken with scattered scrub, semi-natural broadleaved woodland and a small area of semi-improved neutral grassland.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by one private owner. Now owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
Alt common is crossed by two minor roads and a single public bridlepath. There was no evidence of the bridlepath leading through the woodland area.

GNOTES:
There are 6 rights entries for this common including 6 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses and two of estovers. Rights of estovers are for fern. The new owner is also a rightholder on this common. There are three claims to rights of way over this unit.


GEN:
An area supporting broadleaved woodland, continuous bracken with scattered scrub and improved grassland?

ANOTES:
Several access tracks to properties and land cross the common, but there are no public rights of way on the common.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs and donkeys. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of continuous scrub with small pockets of continuous bracken.

ANOTES:
CL222 lies adjacent to the B4362 and is crossed by an access track to properties. A public footpath leads off from the common.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common forms an additional part of Wapley Common (CL152). Some parked and dumped cars were noted on the common.


GEN:
An additional part of Westhope Common (CL33) supporting semi-improved acid grassland locally with scattered bracken and bordered by species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
The northern part of this common consists solely of tracks. The southern part is crossed by a track and public footpath. The majority of Westhope Hill enjoys open access.

GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The common adjoins CL33. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting unimproved and semi-improved neutral grassland and an area of continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
Maund Bryan common lies adjacent to the A417 and is crossed by two minor roads. There are a few paths across the common used by locals and access tracks to fields and properties.

SOURCE:
Site visit, notes from Anthea Brian, Herefordshire Nature Trust, 04.86.

GNOTES:
A small area of hardstanding had been laid on the common. There are four claims to rights of way over this unit. There are 6 rights entries for this common including 6 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep, horses and geese and four of estovers. One grazing right and all rights of estovers relate to only part of this unit. Rights of estovers are for loppings off willow trees (4) and grass and hay (1).


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland locally with calcicolous or calcifugous species, a wet ditch and two ponds.

ANOTES:
The common is approached by School Lane and there are several access tracks crossing the common to properties. Eight public footpaths lead off from the common but there are no public rights of way on the common itself.

GNOTES:
There are 25 rights entries for this common including 25 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, goats, pigs, geese, ducks and hens, four rights of estovers, three of pannage, three of turbary and two of piscary. There is one claim to the shooting rights over this unit. A garden is encroaching on the western end of the common.


GEN:
An area supporting damp, semi-improved neutral grassland locally with a few calcicolous species and an area of damp semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
Six public footpaths lead off from the common but there are no public rights of way on the common itself. There is a stile onto the common from one of the footpaths.

GNOTES:
There are 24 rights entries for this common including 24 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, goats, pigs and geese, three of estovers, three of turbary, two of pannage and two of piscary. There is one claim to the shooting rights over this unit. There was a manure heap on the common.


GEN:
An area dominated by continuous bracken and scattered scrub with areas of broadleaved woodland, continuous scrub and unimproved acid grassland.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by Bromyard Rural District Council. Now owned by Malvern Hills District Council.

ANOTES:
Badley Wood common lies adjacent to a minor road. Two public footpaths stop as they reach the common. The area apparently has {\it de facto} right of access with a number of paths mown through the bracken. Access tracks to properties also cross the common. The common is used by horse-riders.

GNOTES:
There are 15 rights entries for this common including 14 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, donkeys, goats, pigs, geese and ducks, 8 of estovers, four of turbary and two of piscary. Rights of estovers include one entry for firewood. There are two claims to rights of way, one claim to take water, and one claim to take damson fruit over the land in this unit. Some dumped manure was noted on the common. There is temporary internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of continuous bracken and scattered scrub with pockets of largely semi-improved acid grassland and semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An important site for butterflies.

ANOTES:
Bringsty common is bisected by the A44. Several access tracks to properties cross the common. There are no public rights of way on the common although it enjoys open access with a number of maintained paths. It is quite popular for horse riding. One area is managed as a cricket ground and football pitch.

GNOTES:
There are 58 rights entries for this common including 57 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, donkeys, poultry, goats and geese, 35 of estovers, 12 of turbary and two of Common in Soil. Rights of estovers are for tree loppings, gorse bushes, furze and underwood. One also claims a right to pick fruit. There are eight claims to rights of way and one claim to a water supply. Dumping of various kinds was noted around the common.


GEN:
A large common with contrasting areas of semi-improved neutral grassland and continuous bracken with scattered scrub and small areas of semi-improved acid grassland, broadleaved woodland and a couple of small ponds.

ANOTES:
Bromyard Downs is subdivided by the A44, B4203, B4220 and a minor road. It is crossed by a single public footpath but the area enjoys {\it de facto} right of access with a number of maintained paths and access tracks to various properties. There are three small car parks on the common, a picnic area and recreation ground. There is some horse riding on the common particularly at the southern end.

GNOTES:
There are 88 rights entries on this common including 86 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, donkeys, goats, pigs, geese, hens and ducks, 26 of estovers and 9 of turbary. Rights of estovers include entries for bracken and gorse. There are eight claims to rights of way over this unit including one which claims pony riding, exercising dogs and recreation. There is a caravan park on the common.


OWNERS:
Owned by Staunton-on-Wye Parish Council.


GEN:
An area of continuous bracken with relicts of acid grassland, locally with scattered trees and adjoining a stream to the west.

ANOTES:
A single public footpath crosses the western end of the common. The common is open to The National Trust owned Bradnor Hill (CL58) which enjoys open access.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on the common for sheep. The owner is also the rightholder on this unit. The common adjoins CL58. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
A 2km length of track bordered by species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
The majority of the common is a Road Used as a Public Path. The northern and eastern ends of the common are used by vehicles.

GNOTES:
There are no rights entries on this common. There was some dumped horse manure on the common.


OWNERS:
Part owned by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous bracken and scattered scrub with areas of continuous scrub, broadleaved woodland and coniferous plantation.

ANOTES:
Ballsgate common lies near to a minor road and is crossed by a single public footpath along the southern edge.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights entries on this common including 8 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses and 3 of estovers. There is one claim to the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor including shooting rights.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-improved neutral grassland, locally with scattered scrub, a pond, and fringed with {\it Alnus glutinosa} woodland.

ANOTES:
Eyton common is crossed by two minor roads. There are no public rights of way on the common but it is open to the road. There were travellers on the common.

GNOTES:
There are 7 rights entries on this common including 6 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep, horses and geese, five of estovers, three of piscary and one of turbary. Two entries for estovers also include a right to mow grass. A garden has encroached on the common.


GEN:
An area of improved pasture adjacent to the River Arrow.

OWNERS:
Two parts owned by one private owner. Part owned by one private owner. Remainder under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Long meadow is crossed by a single public footpath.

GNOTES:
There are four rights entries for this common including four rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses, two of estovers and one of piscary. Grazing is only allowed after removal of the hay crop. The rights of estovers relate to the right to mow grass hay crop.


GEN:
An area of continuous bracken with scattered scrub with small areas of unimproved acid grassland, broadleaved woodland, continuous scrub and coniferous plantation.

ANOTES:
A public footpath runs along the top edge of the common forming part of the Mortimer trail and an access track to properties runs along the lower edge. There are a few other paths and tracks. Horse riding takes place on the common.

GNOTES:
There are 7 rights entries for this common including 7 rights of pasture for sheep, five of estovers and one of turbary. Rights of estovers include entries for bracken (5) and timber (2). There are two claims to rights of way over this unit. The common is continuous with CL31. Some dumping was noted on the common.


GEN:
An unmanaged common supporting continuous scrub and continuous bracken with scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
A single public footpath crosses the common. A well used permissive path, forming part of the Mortimer Trail, also crosses the common.

GNOTES:
There are five rights entries for this common including 5 rights of pasture for cattle, horses and sheep and one right of estovers. The right of estovers includes bracken.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous scrub and continuous bracken with scattered scrub with a small area of semi-improved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
Wapley common is crossed by a minor road and an access track to a property and lies adjacent to the B4362. There are no public rights of way on the common but a permissive path, forming part of the Mortimer Trail, runs along the southern edge of the common.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights entries for this common including 8 rights of pasture for sheep, goats, cattle and horses, three of estovers, one of turbary and one of pannage. Rights of estovers are for firebote and bracken. The common adjoins CL122.


GEN:
An area supporting diverse marshy grassland and wet semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a small area of semi-improved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
There is no public access to this common which is reached by a track from the B4362 to the south. Public access to this common would undoubtedly be damaging to the mire vegetation and ground nesting birds which breed and overwinter on the common.

SOURCE:
Phase II survey of Byton and Coombe Moors SSSI, S. Smith and S. Moore 23.08.97 and SSSI citation, Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 7 rights entries on this common including 7 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and horses and one of estovers. Right of estovers is for firebote and bracken. The common lies within the Byton and Coombe Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest and is continuous with Byton Moor (CL154).


GEN:
An area supporting diverse marshy grassland with areas of swamp vegetation, wet semi-natural broadleaved woodland, semi-improved neutral grassland and inundation vegetation.

SOURCE:
Phase II survey of Byton and Coombe Moors SSSI, S. Smith and S. Moore 23.08.97 and SSSI citation,  plant list compiled by J.R. Langridge 07/08.84 (OU Ecology student), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 9 rights entries on this common including 9 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and goats, two of estovers, one of turbary, one of piscary and one of pannage. Rights of estovers are for firewood and bracken. The common lies within the Byton and Coombe Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest and is continuous with Coombe Moor (CL153).


GEN:
An area supporting improved grassland (locally semi-improved), with an area under arable cultivation, bordered by species-poor hedgerows with trees (locally defunct).

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Part owned jointly by two private owners. Four parts owned separately by four private owners. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Cromer common is crossed by a single public footpath.


GEN:
A common including a section of the River Wye and an area of land supporting semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered bracken, continuous bracken, tall ruderal vegetation with scattered scrub and continuous scrub.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by one private owner. Now conveyed to Herefordshire and Radnorshire Nature Trust Ltd. (Deed of Gift: 19/5/86)

ANOTES:
The common is a HNT reserve and is reached by a lane leading off the B4350 in Clifford. It lies adjacent to a disused railway line which now carries the Wye Valley Way. A single, little used path runs the length of the reserve.

SOURCE:
Site visit, HNT Guide to Reserves (1990), HNT reserve file including Herefordshire Ornithological club records (1989) and species list (1988) and SSSI citation.

GNOTES:
There are 6 rights entries for this common, including 4 rights of pasture for a total of 50 sheep, 12 cattle, 5 horses and 8 pigs, two of estovers and 3 of piscary. Rights of piscary allow one rod to fish for coarse fish. There are two claims to rights of access over this unit. The common is a Herefordshire Nature Trust Reserve and the majority lies within the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest. The River Wye is also listed in 'A Nature Conservation Review'.


GEN:
An area dominated by continuous bracken and scattered scrub supporting a rich flora with semi-natural broadleaved woodland, continuous scrub and acid grassland.

OWNERS:
Originally owned by one private owner. Now owned by one private owner.

ANOTES:
Merbach hill is crossed by two public bridlepaths (one forming part of the Wye Valley Way) and two public footpaths. The footpaths are not well used or maintained and practically unnavigable in parts.

SOURCE:
Site visit, HNT records (report by P. Thomson, 1986), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are nine rights entries for this common including 9 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses and two of estovers. Rights of estovers are for fern. A long dumped van was noted on the common.


GEN:
An area dominated by semi-improved acid grassland with scattered {\it Pteridium aquilinum} and smaller areas of continuous bracken and acid dry dwarf shrub heath.

ANOTES:
Climbing Jack common is crossed by two public bridleways.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry for this common including the right of pasture for sheep and the right of estovers. The Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food claim a right of way under Deed of Grant (5/3/65) over part of the unit. The common adjoins the Shropshire registered Hanway common (CL14) to the south. There was a small amount of dumped brashings on the common.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous scrub and continuous bracken with scattered scrub and small areas of broadleaved woodland, semi-improved neutral grassland and tall ruderal vegetation, crossed by a small stream.

ANOTES:
Brightall common is crossed by a minor road and an access track to a property. There are no public rights of way on the common.

GNOTES:
There are 24 rights entries for this common including 23 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses and goats and four rights of estovers. Rights of estovers include one entry for bracken and leafmould in autumn. One right is held in gross.


GEN:
A small area of improved grassland completely enclosed by hedgerows (at least locally species-rich).

ANOTES:
Little Tenemant lies adjacent to the B4361. A track borders the southern edge. There are no public rights of way on the common which is completely enclosed by hedgerows.

GNOTES:
There are 26 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. Grazing is allowed from 1st May until 28th of February. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
A large common supporting improved grassland with pockets of {\it Ulex gallii} dry dwarf shrub heath and locally semi-improved acid grassland and continuous bracken.

ANOTES:
Rushock Hill is crossed by three public footpaths and the Offa's Dyke long distance path. One of the footpaths forms part of the Mortimer Trail from Kington to Ludlow.

GNOTES:
There are 18 rights entries on this common including 18 rights of pasture for sheep and cattle and one of estovers. The right of estovers relates to fern and bracken. There is also one claim to manorial rights. The common adjoins Herrock Hill CL123. There is internal fencing on the common and part of the common has been incorporated into a field.


GEN:
An area dominated by continuous bracken with scattered scrub and locally scattered trees with areas of acid grassland, {\it Ulex gallii} heath and a small area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
A public footpath runs around the periphery of the hill, part of which forms part of the Offa's Dyke long distance path.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights entries on this common including three rights of pasture for sheep and one of estovers. The right of estovers is for bracken. The registered owners of this unit also have their own rights. The common adjoins CL122. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous bracken with scattered scrub, semi-natural broadleaved woodland, unimproved acid grassland with scattered bracken and small areas of continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
Rushock Common and Rushock Dingle are crossed by a minor road. Two well used public footpaths cross the common (not marked on Ordnance survey 1:50 000, 1974). There is evidence of horse riding on the common.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights entries on this common including 8 rights of pasture for cattle and sheep, one right of estovers and one claim to Manorial rights. The right of estovers is for bracken. A parking area has been excavated into the common.


GEN:
An area of improved pasture crossed by the River Arrow and Stretford Brook, and bordered by defunct species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
Ivington common is crossed by two public footpaths.

GNOTES:
There are 16 rights entries for this common including 14 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and horses and 10 rights of piscary.


GEN:
The common supports a mosaic of continuous bracken with scattered scrub and semi-improved and unimproved acid grassland locally with scattered bracken and tall ruderal vegetation. There are also areas of continuous scrub and semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

OWNERS:
Part owned by one private owner. Remainder owned by The Secretary of State for Defence.

ANOTES:
Ewyas Harold common lies adjacent to the B4347 which runs along the Golden Valley. There are no public rights of way on the common but it appears to enjoy open access with a number of tracks and mown grassy paths. Picnicking, walking and horse riding on the common were evident.

GNOTES:
There are 35 rights entries for this common including 35 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, ducks, poultry and geese and 7 rights of estovers. Rights of estovers include entries for bracken and gorse. There are 16 claims to rights of way over this unit and 5 claims to draw water from St. Martins Well. Some dumping of garden refuse on the common was noted.


GEN:
A common supporting broadleaved woodland with an area under arable cultivation.

ANOTES:
Arkstone common is crossed by a minor road. A public footpath crosses the common but was obstructed at the time of the site visit.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights entries for this common including 3 rights of pasture for sheep and cattle and two rights of estovers. Rights of estovers relate to a right to cut and take Blackthorne and others for the purpose of repairing hedges. The northern part of the common is under arable cultivation. The measured area is less than the registered area.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered trees surrounded by intact and defunct species-poor hedgerows.

ANOTES:
Tillington common lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by two public footpaths. Following the hay cut the common probably enjoys open access.

GNOTES:
There are 11 rights entries on this common including 11 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, donkeys, poultry, geese, goats and ducks and one right of estovers. The right of estovers is for gorse. A grazing schedule is set by Burghill Parish Council. This gives stock equivalents eg: 10 sheep equals 1 horse; 8 sheep equals 1 beast. There are two claims to rights of way over this unit.


GNOTES:
There are two rights entries for this common including 2 rights of pasture for cattle and horses, two of estovers, two of piscary and two of turbary. The measured area is less than 1ha.


GEN:
A section of the River Wye and adjoining improved pasture with a separate small area of tall ruderal vegetation with scattered scrub.

OWNERS:
Owned by Hentland and Ballingham Group Parish Council.

ANOTES:
There are no public rights of way on the common although there is an apparently well used path along the river bank leading to a stile access to a small car park on Bibletts Common (CL45) - fishing access?

GNOTES:
There are 5 rights entries for this common including three rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and horses, two of estovers and 4 of piscary. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and lies adjacent to CL45. The majority of the common lies within the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest. Some dumping of garden refuse was noted on part of the common.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland and continuous bracken with scattered scrub.

ANOTES:
Ballingham common is crossed by a minor road and a single public footpath. Access tracks to properties also cross the common. Recreational use is probably minimal.

GNOTES:
There are four rights entries for this common including four rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses, four of estovers, two of piscary and one of turbary. One right claims herbage instead of grazing rights. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area bordered by a stream supporting improved and unimproved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
Weobley Marsh is crossed by a minor road and a few access tracks to properties and fields. There are no public rights of way on the common although it enjoys {\it de facto} right of access. Some horse riding takes place on the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Leominster District Wildlife Survey 17.05.93.

GNOTES:
There are 18 rights of pasture on this common for cattle, sheep, horses, goats, geese and chickens. There are five claims to rights of access over this unit. The common is a Leominster District Special Wildlife Site. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area supporting improved and semi-improved neutral grassland and a fragment of marshy grassland crossed by a stream, locally with a tall ruderal element, some pollarded trees and scrub.

ANOTES:
Upper Maund and Whitechurch Maund commons are crossed by two minor roads. There is probably no recreational use and parts were fenced off with electric fencing at the time of the site visit.

GNOTES:
There is temporary internal fencing on the common. There are 6 rights entries on this common including six rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, and geese, four of estovers and two of turbary.


GEN:
One of the Lugg Meadows supporting semi-improved (locally unimproved or improved) neutral grassland and a nationally scarce species.

OWNERS:
3 parts owned separately by 3 private owners. Part owned jointly by private owners. Part owned by The Official Custodian for Charities. Remainder of the land owned jointly by two private owners.

ANOTES:
Lower Lugg meadow lies to the south of the A438 to Hereford. A minor road runs near to the eastern edge. There are no public rights of access to the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, J. Bingham NVC survey for English Nature 25.06.90, Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 25 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. Grazing is allowed during a period agreed by commoners usually July 31st until February 2nd. There is one claim to the fishing and shooting rights over this unit. The common lies adjacent to Upper Lugg Meadow (CL34). The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Lugg Site of Special Scientific Interest.


GEN:
A small common supporting continuous scrub, unmanaged marshy grassland and a small area of continuous bracken.

ANOTES:
Woodalls Green is crossed by a public footpath and a public bridlepath. Both are virtually impassable.

GNOTES:
There are 12 rights of estovers on this common. Rights of estovers include the following entries: pea and bean sticks (10), fencing stakes (1), rushes (1) and firewood (2). Some dumped gravel was noted on the common.


OWNERS:
Owned by The Smallholdings Committee of Herefordshire County Council


GEN:
An area supporting semi-improved neutral grassland and semi-natural broadleaved woodland with small areas of continuous bracken and scrub and an area of concrete.

ANOTES:
King's Thorn common is subdivided by the A466 and A49 and lies adjacent to a minor road. Access tracks to properties and a single public footpath cross the common. There are two other paths (little used) on the eastern part of the common which lead to the A49. These paths are part surfaced in places with some steps. There is a layby on the eastern end of the common.

GNOTES:
There are six rights of pasture on this common for cattle, geese, ducks and chickens. There are three claims to rights of access over this unit. Some dumping of garden waste was noted on the common and an area had been concreted and was being used to park roadwork machinery on. There was a bus stop and layby on the eastern end of the common.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with two neglected ponds and areas of continuous scrub.

OWNERS:
Owned by The Church Commissioners for England.

ANOTES:
Honeymoor common lies adjacent to the B4352 and is crossed by a minor road and an access track to properties. Two public footpaths cross the common (not marked on OS 1:50000 map, 1981). There are notices on the common prohibiting camping and wheeled vehicles.

GNOTES:
There are 9 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. There are two claims to rights of access over this unit and one claim to a right to maintain a private water main.


GEN:
A small area of rich marshy grassland and tall ruderal vegetation with scattered scrub, areas of encroaching continuous scrub and a small area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
Littlemarsh common lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by a single public footpath.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI citation and site file (including Phase 1 survey, A.Whitbread, 09.06.82) and Herefordshire Nature Trust Management plan (J.Wynne-Jones, 1995).

GNOTES:
There are 5 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and goats. The common is designated the Littlemarsh common Site of Special Scientific Interest and is managed as a nature reserve by the Herefordshire Nature Trust. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
A network of lanes and small areas of common supporting broadleaved woodland, improved grassland, bracken and tall ruderal vegetation.

ANOTES:
Ruckhall common consisits of a network of lanes and paths some of which are overgrown and not all being public rights of way. A single public footpath crosses the common.

GNOTES:
There are four rights entries for this common including three rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, goats, donkeys, horses and pigs, one right of estovers, one of turbary, one of pannage and 3 of piscary. Rights of piscary allow one rod to fish for salmon, trout and coarse fish in season. There are two claims to rights of access over this unit and one claim to a right to draw water from a well. Parts of the common along the River Wye are included in the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest. Dumping of garden waste and refuse was noted on the common. The measured area is greater than the register area.


ANOTES:
Monument common lies adjacent to a minor road and is crossed by a single public footpath forming part of the Wye Valley Way.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry for this common including the right of pasture for horses, goats and chickens and the right of estovers. The common lies within the Common Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Some dumping of rubbish was noted on the common.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland and mixed limestone scrub with pockets of calcareous grassland.

ANOTES:
Sheershill and Nanny Quarry commons are crossed by two public footpaths, one of which also provides access to properties adjoining the common. A public bridlepath runs adjacent to the northern end of the common forming part of the Wye Valley Way. Recreational use is moderate.

GNOTES:
There are two rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle, horses and goats. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. The majority of the common lies within the Common Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest and it also lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Part of the common appears to be being managed as an extension to an existing garden and some dumping was also noted.


GNOTES:
There are no rights entries for this common.


GEN:
A common supporting unimproved neutral grassland (locally semi-improved) with encroaching scrub and a small area of species-rich, semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
Broadmoor common is crossed by two minor roads and access tracks to properties. Two public footpaths cross the common which is managed as a LNR. There is a small car park at the eastern end. The triangle of land between the two minor roads was temporarily fenced off at the time of the site visit for grazing.

SOURCE:
Site visit, report on the geology and soils found around Broadmoor Common and 'Broadmoor common - a botany report', 1983 (Hereford and Worcester County Council).

GNOTES:
There are 6 rights of pasture on this common as follows: 1) 100 sheep or 13 cows, 2) 9 cows, 3) 11 cows, 4) 11 cows, 5) 22 sheep or 3 cows, 6) 2 horses. The Church Commissioners for England claim the rights and interests of the Lord of the Manor. There are eight claims to rights of access over this unit. The common is designated a Local Nature Reserve and lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is temporary internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
A traditionally managed lammas meadow lying between the Rivers Lugg and Frome, supporting semi-improved neutral grassland and subject to annual winter flooding.

OWNERS:
Parts owned by one private owner. Parts owned by the Official Custodian for Charities. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

ANOTES:
Hampton meadow is crossed by a public bridlepath and a public footpath. A stone bridge dating from before 1695 connects the meadow with Big and Little Million (CL 100) across which the bridlepath passes.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature records inlcuding J. Bingham Phase 2 survey (05.06.90) and notes on site visit by H. Stace, HNT records.

GNOTES:
There are 14 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, horses, geese and cattle. Grazing is allowed from August 2nd until February 2nd (i.e. after the hay crop). The common is a Herefordshire Nature Trust reserve. It lies adjacent to Big and Little Million (CL100). The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Lugg Site of Special Scientific Interest.


GEN:
An area of poor semi-improved neutral grassland bordered by the River Lugg and Back Brook.

ANOTES:
Big and Little Million is crossed by a public bridlepath at the southern end. A stone bridge dating from before 1695 connects the meadow with Hampton Meadow (CL 98) across which the bridlepath passes.

SOURCE:
Site visit, J. Bingham survey for English Nature 30.05.90.

GNOTES:
There are 9 rights of pasture on this common for cattle, sheep and horses. Grazing is allowed from August 2nd to February 2nd (i.e. after the hay crop). The common lies adjacent to Hampton Meadow (CL98). The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Lugg Site of Special Scientific Interest. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area of improved grassland bordered by species-poor hedgerows, locally defunct and locally with hedgerow trees.

ANOTES:
Coed Moor common is crossed by a single, little used public footpath. A large tree trunk was placed across the gateway at the southeastern corner of the common presumably to prevent vehicular access.

GNOTES:
There is one rights entry for this common including the right of pasture for sheep, cattle, horses and pigs, the right of estovers and of turbary. The owners are also the rightholders on this unit. There was a large heap of manure on the common and some stacked straw bales.


GEN:
An area of diverse semi-improved neutral grassland with scattered scrub and trees and areas of encroaching woodland and scrub. The site has a rich lepidoptera fauna.

ANOTES:
Checkley common is crossed by a minor road and several tracks to properties. Two public footpaths cross the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit, Hereford and Worcester County Council records (including Checkley common draft management proposals, 1990, butterfly species list from R. Hall, 1983-1988 and plant species list compiled by L. Burn, 1989), Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997 and Geological notes on the Woolhope area in Herefordshire Nature Trust Guide to Nature Reserves.

GNOTES:
There are two final and one provisional right of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. The final grazing entries relate to sheep only. According to the Draft management proposals put forward by Hereford and Worcester County Council there are 5 registered commoners with the right of pasture for a total of 34 sheep, 6 cattle and three ponies and one right of estover. There are eleven claims to rights of way over this unit. Just over half the common lies in the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area supporting continuous scrub with fragments of rich semi-improved neutral grassland and semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
Swilgrove common is crossed by a public bridlepath and a public footpath. The footpath was little used.

GNOTES:
There are 3 final rights entries on this common including three rights of pasture and two rights of estovers. There is also one provisional right of pasture. Grazing stock are sheep, cattle and horses. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit. There was a caravan parked on the common.


GEN:
A common largely encroached with bracken and scrub with two areas of diverse semi-natural broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
A minor road crosses the northern end of the common. A single public footpath and a public bridlepath also cross the common. The bridlepath forms part of a long distance path (Wye Valley Way?). Part of a circular path promoted by the Local Authority also crosses the common. The paths are clearly marked and there are signs requesting people to keep to the marked paths.

SOURCE:
Site visit Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997 and Geological notes on the Woolhope area in Herefordshire Nature Trust Guide to Nature Reserves.

GNOTES:
There are three rights entries on this common including three rights of pasture for sheep and cattle and four rights of estovers. All entries claim rights of estovers and one entry also claims a right of mowing. Three of the rights are cross referenced with CL207. There is one claim to a right of access over this unit and one claim to a right to burn hedge brushings. The common adjoins CL207 to the east.


ANOTES:
Eastbury Hill common is crossed by an access track to a property and a single, well maintained public footpath. The common joins a public bridlepath at the northern end of the common.

GNOTES:
There are no rights entries for this common. The common lies within the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


GEN:
An area of apparently improved grassland with two small areas of broadleaved woodland.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by a private track. There are no public rights of access on the common. A public footpath passes close to the south-western corner.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for sheep and cattle. The owner is also the rightholder on this unit.


GEN:
An area supporting coniferous plantation (at least at the northern end) with small areas of tall ruderal vegetation with scattered broadleaved trees and semi-improved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
There is limited public access to this common. A minor road, forestry and property access tracks cross the common and a public footpath crosses the northern edge of the common. There is some informal dog walking on the common.

GNOTES:
There are three claims to rights of access over this unit. There are no rights entries on this common.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland with small areas of continuous scrub, continuous bracken and coarse semi-improved neutral grassland.

OWNERS:
Two parts owned separately by two private owners. Part owned by one private owner. Remainder registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.

ANOTES:
Shucknall Hill common is crossed by a small lane, a track and a public footpath. The footpath is also used for horse riding.

GNOTES:
There are 7 rights entries on this common including 7 rights of pasture for cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep, geese, goats and chickens and four rights of estovers. Rights of estovers relate to sticks and bracken for kindling and litter, pea and bean sticks. One right is cross-referenced with CL169. There are three claims to rights of access over this unit. The common adjoins CL169.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland interspersed with areas of semi-improved neutral grassland (locally species-rich) locally with scattered broadleaved trees, {\it Pteridium aquilinum} and tall ruderal vegetation.

ANOTES:
Putley common is crossed by a minor road and access tracks to properties. There are no public rights of way on the common although there are some informal paths across parts of the common. There were some children playing on the western end of the common.

SOURCE:
Site visit and geological notes on the Woolhope area in Herefordshire Nature Trust Guide to Nature Reserves.

GNOTES:
There are 5 rights entries on this common including five rights of pasture for sheep, cattle, pigs and poultry and one right of estovers. There are three claims to rights of way over this unit.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland with some ornamental planting.

ANOTES:
Monkland common is crossed by a minor road and a number of access tracks to properties. Three public footpaths lead off from the edge of the common.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights entries on this common including 3 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep and geese, three rights of estovers, two of turbary, two of piscary and two of common in soil. The grazing of cattle is only allowed from 10th May to 12th November. There are a number of encroachments on the common including scrap cars, old machinery, a caravan and wood piles.


GEN:
An area of improved grassland adjacent to the River Lugg, with small areas of broadleaved woodland and continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
A dead end track ends on the eastern end of Shelwick common. The area apparently has open access although there are no public rights of way on the common. Horses are exercised on the common.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights entries for this common including 8 rights of pasture for cattle, sheep, pigs, hens, geese and ducks, one right of estovers and one of piscary. Right of estovers is for tree loppings. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Lugg Site of Special Scientific Interest. Part of the common has been incorporated into a field.


GEN:
An apparently improved area of grassland bordered by hedgerows with trees (locally defunct).

ANOTES:
The Lowes lies adjacent to a minor road. There are no public rights of way on the common.

GNOTES:
There are six rights of pasture on this common for cattle and sheep. Grazing is limited for four entries to between September and February, except for one in three years when grazing is allowed all year round. There is internal fencing on the common.


GEN:
An area of semi-improved neutral grassland adjacent to the River Lugg bordered by species-poor hedgerows with scattered broadleaved trees along the river bank.

ANOTES:
Midsummer Meadow lies adjacent to the A4103 and is crossed by a single public footpath.

GNOTES:
There are 7 rights of pasture on this common for cattle, sheep and horses. Grazing is allowed from Midsummmer Day to 31st December each year (after the hay crop). Part of the common forms part of the Lugg Meadows Site of Special Scientific Interest and the river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Lugg Site of Special Scientific Interest. Midsummer Meadow lies adjacent to Upper Lugg Meadow (CL34).


GEN:
An area bordering the River Wye dominated by tall ruderal vegetation with scattered trees along the river bank, pockets of semi-improved neutral grassland and localised scrub encroachment.

ANOTES:
The common is bisected by a minor road. There are no public rights of way on the common but a public footpath runs along the eastern boundary which is also used by horses. A notice on the common prohibits camping and launching. There is a layby by the road just off the common.

GNOTES:
There are 11 rights entries for this common including 10 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses, one right of estovers and 11 of piscary. The right of estovers is for hedging wood. Right of piscary allows one rod to fish salmon, trout and coarse fish in River Wye. 1 entry claims unstinted right to graze. The common lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Wye (Lower Wye) Site of Special Scientific Interest.


GEN:
An area supporting semi-natural broadleaved woodland and coniferous plantation crossed by a small stream and bordering a second.

ANOTES:
Waste common is crossed by a well used public bridlepath.

GNOTES:
There are no rights entries for this common. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland with a small area of tall ruderal vegetation.

ANOTES:
The common is crossed by three public footpaths and is used for horse riding.

GNOTES:
There are 3 rights entries for this common including two rights of pasture for sheep, goats, geese, cattle and horses and two rights of estovers. Rights of estovers are for sticks, bracken for kindling and litter and pea and bean sticks. There is one claim to a right of way over this unit. The common adjoins CL137. The measured area is less than the register area.


GEN:
An area largely supporting broadleaved woodland (locally planted?) with small areas of continuous bracken, continuous scrub, tall ruderal vegetation and semi-improved neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
Dinedor common is crossed by two access tracks to properties and two public footpaths. The footpaths are also used for horse riding and there are a few other well used paths on the common. Locally the groundflora has been eroded through recreational use. A small fireplace had been built on the common.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and poultry. An area of the common had been excavated. There was a small fireplace within the woodland with some litter around.


GNOTES:
There are no registered rights on this common. The measured area is less than 1 ha.


GNOTES:
There are no rights entries for this common. There was no public access to the common which was therefore not surveyed.


GEN:
A common under arable cultivation, crossed by a stream, within an intact species-rich hedgerow and bordering a second stream.

ANOTES:
The Long Meadow is crossed by two public footpaths, one of which was obstructed by crops and a hedge and could not be used.

GNOTES:
There is one right of pasture on this common for sheep and cattle. The common is now under arable cultivation.


OWNERS:
Part owned by the Church Commissioners for England. Remainder of the land subject to the protection of the Local Authority under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965.

GNOTES:
There are no rights entries for this common. There was no public access and the common was not surveyed.


GEN:
A looped track bordered by moderately species-rich hedgerows with a small area of standing water.

ANOTES:
The track is to be dedicated as a public bridleway, the majority of which is navigable by motor vehicles. There were travellers on the common at the time of the site visit. The common overlies the route of an old canal.

GNOTES:
There are no rights entries on this common. The measured area is greater than the register area.


GEN:
An area dominated by continuous bracken with scattered scrub and locally areas of continuous scrub.

ANOTES:
A track leading to a public footpath crosses the common and an access track to Bay Tree Cottage.

GNOTES:
There are no rights entries for this common (8 void). The common lies within the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A new property has been built on the common.


GEN:
An area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland, narrowing to a track bordered by scattered broadleaved and coniferous trees to the south.

ANOTES:
Coney Cuthill common is crossed by a single public footpath leading to a minor road at the northern end of the common. The footpath is also used for horse riding.


GEN:
An area largely covered with continuous bracken and scattered scrub with small areas of semi-natural broadleaved woodland and semi-improved acid and neutral grassland.

ANOTES:
West Lawn common is crossed by a public bridlepath. There are also a number of tracks and paths on the common, some used by farm vehicles and suffering from damage in places. The bridlepath is used for horseriding but recreational use in general is probably limited.

GNOTES:
There are 8 rights entries on this common, including 8 rights of pasture for sheep, cattle and horses and two rights of estovers. Rights of estovers relate to 1 entry for tree loppings and 1 entry for bracken and fern.


GNOTES:
Registered under section 13 of the Commmons Registration Act 1965 by the B.B.C. as substitution for the part removed from CL 121. There are 26 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. Rights entries from CL 121 apply to CL 121A by virtue of a Deed of Grant made under section 13 of the Commons Registration Act 1965. One right held in gross. A grassland common with no public access, therefore not surveyed.


GEN:
A large area of semi-improved neutral grassland, locally unimproved or improved, adjacent to the River Lugg and subject to winter flooding. It supports two nationally scarce species and is of importance to wintering wildfowl.

OWNERS:
Ownership of land is divided between five private owners.

ANOTES:
Upper Lugg meadow lies between the A4103 and A438 into Hereford. It is crossed by a public bridlepath and two public footpaths. There are a number of additional paths to these and the common appears to enjoy {\it de facto} right of access, especially following the hay crop.

SOURCE:
Site visit, English Nature SSSI site file and citation including invertebrate records S.J.J. Lambert and P.Kirby, 24.05.87, NVC surveys; A. McDonald, 11.06.87, J.Bingham, 25.06.90 and R. Jefferson {\it et al} 23.06.94, Hereford Nature Trust reserve description (in 'Guide to Nature Reserves, 1990), 'Lammas meadows - a survey of their present day survival and distribution with particular reference to the Lugg Meadows near Hereford', A.Brian, 1990, Butterfly Conservation Society records 1990-1997.

GNOTES:
There are 30 rights of pasture on this common for sheep, cattle and horses. Grazing is allowed from after the hay crop (approx. July 31st) until February 2nd. There is one claim to the fishing and shooting rights over this unit. Part of the common is designated the Lugg Meadows Site of Special Scientific Interest and together with an additional area forms the Herefordshire Nature Trust reserve 'Lugg Meadows'. The river bank and up to 10m of land bordering the river are included in the River Lugg Site of Special Scientific Interest. The common lies between Midsummer Meadow (CL148) to the north and Lower Lugg Meadow (CL35) to the south.


OWNERS:
Part owned by Cooper McDougall and Robertson Chemical Works Ltd.


OWNERS:
Owned by North Hertfordshire District Council.


OWNERS:
Owned by R.V. Goodhew (Restaurants) Ltd.


OWNERS:
Owned by Rickmansworth Urban District Council.


OWNERS:
Owned by Cooper McDougall and Robertson Chemical Works Ltd.


OWNERS:
Part owned by Rickmansworth Urban District Council. Part registered under the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936.


OWNERS:
One part owned jointly by two private owners. One part owned jointly by two private owners. Remainder owned by one private owner.


OWNERS:
Owned by Stevenage Urban District Council (successor: Stevenage District Council).


OWNERS:
Part owned by Hertsmere Borough Council.


OWNERS:
Part owned by Wigginton Parish Council. Part owned by the Eastern Electricity Board. Remainder owned jointly by two private owners.


GEN:
A level area of semi-improved and improved grassland, with ditches, canal and riverside.  Part is used as a footbal pitch.

OWNERS:
Owned by the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Hertford.

ANOTES:
A popular recreation area, used by walkers and dog walkers.  Crossed by numerous paths and a canal tow path.  Part is used as a football pitch.  Legal right of public access under S.193 of Law of Property Act 1925.

SOURCE:
North Herts Museum Service Files. Field Visit.


GEN:
An area of marshy grassland, reed and sedge swamp, scrub, wet and dry woodland, river and base-rich springs.

ANOTES:
Legally an urban common, so public right of access.  This is difficult in practice, but paths are frequently used by walkers, and motorcyclists at times.

SOURCE:
North Herts Museum service has extensive files on site, including management plan 1974 (T. James).
Also "Where to Watch Birds in Beds, Berks, Bucks, Herts, Oxon" 1987. Field visit for photographs only.

GNOTES:
No rights.  SSSI until 1969.  BTO site.  Area to north is a Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve.  Herts Groundwork Trust has worked on the site. BTO OSR site.


