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INDEX. 



Banstead Heath, 189 



Banstead Manor, extent of and early 

 owners of, 189, 190 



Banstead Park, 189 



Baring, Mr. Francis, and Banstead Com- 

 mons, 201 



Barnes Common, 3 ; and Mr. Doulton's 

 Committee, 32, 33 ; extent of, 323 ; 

 regulation of, 323 ; proposed coal- 

 siding and cemetery on, 337 



Baston, Manor of, and Haves Common, 

 315, 316 



Battersea, Manor of, 99 



Bayeux, Bishop of, and Plumstead Manor, 

 78 ; and the Manor of Mortlake, 90 ; 

 and the Manor of Banstead, 189 



Baynes, Adam, Manor of Mortlake bought 

 by, 91 



Beachy Head, downs on, 4 



Bedford, Mr. Deputy, his activity in the 

 preservation of Epping Forest, 159 



Berkhamsted, 58 ; charter of incorpora- 

 tion granted by James I. to, 69 ; its 

 incorporation rights, 75 



Berkhamsted Common, 3 ; inclosure of, 

 39, 42 ; extent and beauty of, 58 ; 

 formerly the property of the Crown, 

 58 ; leased to the owners of Ash- 

 ridge, 59 ; Lord Brownlow's trustees 

 erect fences round, 61 ; measures 

 taken by Mr. Augustus Smith to 

 remove the fences round, 64, 65 ; 

 ancient history of, 67-73 ; fences re- 

 moved by Edlyn on, 70 ; decision of 

 the House of Lords (1641) respecting, 

 71, 72; inclosure again pulled down 

 from, 72 ; Edlyn's success during the 

 Commonwealth in preventing the in- 

 closure of, 73; Lord Bomilly's de- 

 cision in the case of Mr. A. Smith 

 against Lord Brownlow respecting, 

 74 



" Betterment " principle, The, as applied 

 to the maintenance of Wimbledon 

 Common, 98 



Betts, Mr., and Tooting Graveney Com- 

 mon, 42, 85 



Bidder, Q.C., Mr., and Mitcham Common, 

 326 



Birch, Captain, and the works for char- 

 ring coal in the Forest of Dean. 257 



Birkett, Mr. Percival, 41 ; and Wigley 

 Common, 186 ; and the Banstead case, 

 206 ; and the Birmingham water- 

 supply scheme, 340 



Bisley Common, 99 



Black Book of Canterbury, 93 



Blackheath, 3 ; and Mr. Doulton's com- 

 mittee, 32; regulation of, 318 



Board of Agriculture, formerly the In- 

 closure Commissioners, 44, 286 ; its 

 scheme for the regulation of Banstead 

 Commons, 209, 210; its action with 

 regard to the regulation of Commons, 

 313, 314; powers of, 356, 357 



Bodleian Library, Copy of survey of 

 Waltham Forest in,'ll0 



Bolingbroke, Viscount, and the Manor of 

 Wandsworth, 100 



Bondsmen, emancipation of, 14 



Bostal Common, 3 ; inclosure of, 39, 79 ; 

 view from, 77 ; purchase by the Board 

 of Works of the interest of Queen's 

 College in, 83 ; regulation of, 323 : 

 extension of, 363 



Boughton, Sir Edward, and Plumstead 

 Manor, 78 



Bournemouth Common, 329. 341 



Bo wen, Lord, and the Tollaid Farnham 

 case, 219 



Brabourne, Lord, and the Inclosure Bill 

 of 1869, 274 



Brett, Lord Justice, and the Ashdown 

 Forest case, 1 69 



Bridgewater, Earls of, and the domain of 

 Ashridge, 59, 69 



Bristol, Earl of, and Mortlake Manor, 91 ; 

 and Ashdown Forest, 162, 163 



Brockwell Park, 364 



Brownlow, Lord, and the inclosure of 

 Berkhamsted Common, 42 ; his deed 

 of gift of a portion of the Common 

 for the benefit of the town, 61 ; Mr. 

 Smith's action against, 67, 74, 75 ; 

 his friendly relationship with the 

 people of Berkhamsted, 75 



Brunner, M.P., Mr. J. T., and inclosures 

 of roadside wastes near Northwicli, 

 297 (note) 



Bryce, Mr., 40, 41; and the Commons 

 Bill of 1876, 281 ; and the Standing 

 Committee on Commons, 283 ; and 

 the Epping Forest Railway Bill, 337 



Buckhurst, Lord, and Ashdown Forest, 

 162 



Buller, Mr. Justice, on the custom of 

 playing on village greens, 301 



Bulwell Common, 34 1 



Burgh H-ath, 189, 196 



Burney, Mr. George, 41, 149, 154 



Burnham Beeches, beauty of, 264 ; the 

 poet Gray on, 264; extent of, 265; 

 Lady Grenville's arbitrary pro- 

 ceedings with regard to, 267-270 ; 



