1880 Wanstead Park acquired by the City of London
1881 Connaught Waters constructed
1882 Queen Victoria's visit to dedicate the Forest
Baldwins Hill pond constructed
1886 Draining, trenching and levelling of Wanstead Flats - cost £1,530
1891 Highams Park added to Epping Forest
1893 Epping Lake (Lower Forest) constructed
Connaught Waters enlarged
1894 Rifle Butts on Honey Lane Plain destroyed by fire
1899 Fairmead Lodge demolished
1904 Fairmead Oak last bore leaves
1907 Hollow Ponds enlarged
1930 Knighton Wood returned to the Forest
c. 1940 Anti-tank and anti-invasion trenches excavated in various places in the Forest
1955 Fairmead Oak destroyed
1961 Deer Sanctuary at Theydon Bois created
1967 Reservoir at 'Waterworks Corner' under construction
1971 Conservation Centre officially opened
1976 Drought year killed many trees, particularly Beeches
1977 Corporation bought out commoners' winter grazing rights
1983 Bell Common M25 'cut and cover' tunnel finished
1985 Yates Meadow added to Epping Forest
1987 Hurricane force winds threw many trees in the Forest on 16th October
1990 25th January more storm force winds hit the Forest
1991 Bell Common (Sheppard's) Meadows added to the Forest
1992 Corporation of London purchased 785 acres of the Copped Hall Estate adjacent
to the Forest
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