

Transcribed from the 1873 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org





                              REMINISCENCES
                                    OF
                              EPPING FOREST.


                                * * * * *

                                ISSUED BY
                                J. GREEN,
                              “THE ROEBUCK,”
                             BUCKHURST HILL.

                                * * * * *

                                  1873.




EPPING FOREST REMINISCENCES.


It is most desirable that the above charming locality should be better
known to the inhabitants of London; but, to be fully appreciated, it must
be visited and explored from time to time, but especially during the fine
months of the year.

The popularity of this place was enhanced considerably by the formation
of the Loughton, Woodford, and Ongar branch of the Eastern Counties
Railway, although, prior to that, the prejudices against Essex scenery
had kept many persons, who now wander about its sunny <DW72>s with unmixed
delight, from seeking air and exercise North-east of the Metropolis;
indeed, when we take into consideration the “barr’d up” and comparatively
exclusive character of the approaches to London in Kent, Surrey, and
Middlesex, it is a matter of surprise and wonderment that there can be
found people who prefer dusty roads (which are only enlivened by notices
to trespassers of prosecutions with all the rigour of the law) to the
jolly freedom connected with rambling in pure air only ten miles from
London wherever their inclinations may lead them.

THE ROEBUCK GARDENS AND GROUNDS have always been historically associated
with the adjacent Forest, and the quaint old edifice has been referred to
chiefly as the Foresters’ and Keeper’s Home for more than two centuries,
so much so, that it was under the consideration