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Hainault Forest

Hainault Forest

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Oct 11, 2026

Later Middle Ages- A History of Western Europe 1254-1494

Later Middle Ages- A History of Western Europe 1254-1494

History of London-Walter Besant

Oct 11 · 3 Mentions

Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
6:54
You may see portions and fragments of this forest even now.
Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
6:58
Some of it lies in Kenwood, Hampstead, some in the last bit left of Hainault Forest, some at Epping.
Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
7:06
The River Thames ran through this marsh.
Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
7:09
It was then much broader than at present because there were no banks or quays to keep it within limits.

42 MINS LATER

Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
48:52
They were hunting.
Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
48:53
They were armed with spears.
Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
48:55
They followed the chase through the great forest afterwards called the Middlesex Forest, Epping Forest, Hainault Forest, and across the marshes of the River Lee, full of sedge and reed and treacherous quagmires, and they saw before them the grey walls of a great city of which they had never heard.
Ruth GoldingNARRATOR
49:16
They advanced cautiously.

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