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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 708 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EPPING , a See also:

market See also:town in the Epping See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, 17 M. N.N.E. from See also:London by a See also:branch of the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1), 3789. The town lies high and picturesquely, at the See also:northern outskirts of Epping See also:Forest. The See also:modern See also:church of St See also:John the Baptist replaces the old See also:parish church of All See also:Saints in the See also:village of Epping Upland 2 M. N.W. This is in See also:part See also:Norman. There is considerable See also:trade in See also:butter, See also:cheese and sausages. Epping Forest forms part of the See also:ancient See also:Waltham Forest, which covered the greater part of the See also:county. All the " London See also:Basin," within which the Forest lies, was densely wooded. The Forest became one of the commonable lands of Royal Chases or See also:hunting-grounds. It was threatened with See also:total disafforestation, when under the Epping Forest See also:Act of 1871 a See also:board of commissioners was appointed for the better management of the lands.

The See also:

corporation of the See also:city of London then acquired the See also:freehold See also:interest of See also:waste See also:land belonging to the lords of the See also:manor, and finally secured 55591 acres, magnificently timbered, to the use of the public for ever, the See also:tract being declared open by See also:Queen See also:Victoria in 1882. The Ancient See also:Court of Verderers was also revived, consisting of an hereditary lordwarden together with four verderers elected by freeholders of the' county. The See also:present forest lies between the valleys of the Roding and the See also:Lea, and extends southward from Epping to the vicinity' of See also:Woodford and See also:Walthamstow, a distance of about 7 m. It is readily accessible from the villages on its outskirts, such as Woodford, See also:Chingford and See also:Loughton, which are served by branches of the Great Eastern railway. These are centres of residential districts, and, especially on public holidays in the summer, receive large See also:numbers of visitors.

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