Since 1878, when Epping Forest was 'safeguarded for ever' by being given nto the care of the Corporation of the City of London, members of the Essex Field Club have needed to defend the Forest against a long succession of threats.

Editorial.

Lords Bushes, an isolated portion of Epping Forest, is situated in the extreme south-west corner of the modern county of Essex in the parish of Buckhurst Hill (formerly Chigwell) just 15 km north-east of the City of London.

Introduction.

Before I go into detail about the history and ecology of Lords Bushes a brief note is required, to put it into its context as part of a wood-pasture system, and the relationship wood-pasture has to other types of woodland management.

Wood-pasture.