THE AREA OF EPPING FOREST FOR FAUNISTIC PURPOSES. 13
20th year, commonly known to have been as followeth (that is to say) : The
said meares, metes, bounds, and limits of the said Forest began on the same 20th
year, at the Bridge of Stratford, called the Bow, under which runs the River Lee,
and so going into the hundred of Becontree, by the King's highway unto Great
Ilford1, [and from Great Ilford direct by the same King's highway leading
towards Rumford, unto a certain four ways, called the 'four Wonts,' where there
was lately placed, and as yet remains, a certain rib of a whale called the whale-
bone, at which said four ways one way thereof leads on the south side towards
Dagenham, and the other way thereof on the north part towards Collier Row,
and so going straight from the four ways aforesaid, in and by the aforesaid
King's highway, leading towards Rumford aforesaid unto a certain lane called
Beames Land-lane, at the head of which lane is now placed and erected a certain
stone or mear stone, sculptured and named Havering Stone, and so going in the
lane aforesaid, between certain lands called Beanes Land on the left unto certain
other lands called Twenty Acres, parcel of the demesne lands of the Manor of
Markes, and so returning in the lane aforesaid, between the aforesaid land called
Beanes Land on the south part, and the aforesaid other lands called Twenty
Acres on the north part, unto and in the aforesaid way leading from the four wayes
aforesaid towards Collier Row aforesaid, and so going in the aforesaid way leading
from the aforesaid four ways towards Collier Row aforesaid, by and near the site of
mansion house of the said Manor of Markes, to a certain elm tree marked with a
cross growing on the right of the same way, where there is now a certain gate lead-
ing from the aforesaid way into a certain warren called Marks Warren, at which gate
there is now put and erected a certain other stone or mear stone sculptured and
named Marks Stone, and from thence going to the warren aforesaid, directly
towards the east by the bounds dividing the said parish of Dagenham from the
liberty of Havering-att-Bower, unto a certain corner in the same warren where
there is now put and erected a certain other stone or meer stone, sculptured and
named Warren Stone, and from thence by the aforesaid bounds dividing the
same parish of Dagenham from the liberty of Havering aforesaid unto Collier
Row aforesaid, at a certain place there near the messuage called Captions, where
is now put and erected a certain other stone or mear stone sculptured and named
Collier Row Stone, and from thence downwards by the said metes and bounds
dividing the parish of Dagenham aforesaid from the liberty of Havering-att-
Bower aforesaid unto the west corner of the park of the said Lord the King
called Havering Parke, at which west corner commonly called Havering Park
Corner, a certain other stone or mear stone is now put and erected, sculptured
and named Park Corner Stone, and from the aforesaid stone or mear stone called
Park Corner Stone, the meares, metes, bounds, and limits of the Forest aforesaid
further extend themselves, and in the same 20th year of the said late King James
of England, &c, did extend themselves and were known to extend themselves by
the pales and sides of the park aforesaid called Havering Park unto a certain
brooke called and commonly known by the name of Bourne Brooke, and from
thence going by the banks of the same brooke unto the house of a certain Robert
Makin, in the parish of Naverstock, near which house another stone or mear
stone is now put and erected, sculptured and named Naverstock Stone, and from
thence turning to the right (leaving behind the aforesaid house), by the hedge
and sides of a certain common, called Naverstock Common, direct to the gate,
1 The words within square brackets [ ] from this point to the words. "from thence to the
river of Roden" on page 14, define the area of the beautiful Hainault Forest, grubbed up in the
dark ages of the '50's.