Stonehall Wood, Beaumont Estate, Great Oakley (EHER 45509)

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Ancient semi-natural woodland covering 2.86 hectares. Ditch and bank earthworks encompass three of its edges with a stream running along the 4th, S-E, edge. The earliest documentary evidence was in around 1685 and since 1737 the boundaries have largely unchanged.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 158 256 (227m by 245m)
Civil Parish	GREAT OAKLEY, TENDRING, ESSEX

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An ancient semi-natural coppiced woodland with standards covering 2.86 hectares. Ditch and bank earthworks encompass three of its edges with a stream running along the 4th, S-E, edge. The earliest documentary evidence was in around 1685 and since 1737 the boundaries have largely unchanged. <1>

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<1> SEX64272 Report: Hay, E.. 1995. Report on Essex County Council Woodlands: Country Parks and Access Woodlands.

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