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PART IL DEVASTATING AND DESTRUCTIVE TREATMENT 

 OF ENGLISH FORESTS, AND MEASURES TAKEN TO 

 ARREST THIS, 135 



Reference is made to the former wooded condition of the 

 land. 



CHAPTER I. Sites of Woods perpetuated in Names of 



Places, 136 



Reference is made to this being the case in many coup tries 

 (p. 136) ; and instances of its being the case in England 

 are given (p. 137). 



CHAPTER II. Historical Notices of Woods and Forests 



which are now no more, ... ... ... ... 140 



There are cited Fitz-Stephens notices of Woods around 

 London in the twelfth century (p. 141) ; M'William's 

 comparison of Woods in different counties of England 

 with Woods mentioned by Sir Henry Spelman and 

 others (p. 142). 



A. Notices of Extinct Forests of the Northern Counties, 1 48 



Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and Northumberland (p. 

 148) ; Forester's Raids and Feuds (p. 157) ; Gibbet-law 

 in the Forest of Halifax (p. 154) ; Legend of Forest of 

 Whitby (p. 156) ; and notice of Forest of Knaresboro', 

 (p. 158), 



B. Notices of Extinct Forests of Lancashire, ... 159 



Forests of Blackburnshire and Bowland (p. 159) ; Pendle 

 Forest, with account of the Lancashire Witches (p, 

 160) ; and of the introduction of Cotton Spinning into 

 district (p. 163). 



C. Notices of Former Forests in Cheshire, ... 164 



CHAPTER III. Remains of Ancient Forests Buried in 



the Ground and Submerged in the Sea, ... ... 168 



SECTION 1. Facts and Theories, ... ... ... 168 



Relating to Hatfield Chase (p. 168); to Holderness, and 

 Yorkshire Coast (p. 170) ; to the Coast of Lancashire 

 and Cheshire (p. 175) ; and explanation given of pro- 

 bable mode of submergence (p. 177). 



