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The motto PER CRUCEM PER CORONAM - Through the Cross Through the Crown - summarises succinctly the history of the region. The cross brought the abbey, the last to be dissolved under Henry VIII; the abbey was the centre of social life throughout the days of the Royal Forest; if there had been no Royal Forest the special rights of the Commoners would not have survived into the 19<sup>th</sup> century, and it was on the unique nature of these rights that the issue turned by which Epping Forest was won for the People. | The motto PER CRUCEM PER CORONAM - Through the Cross Through the Crown - summarises succinctly the history of the region. The cross brought the abbey, the last to be dissolved under Henry VIII; the abbey was the centre of social life throughout the days of the Royal Forest; if there had been no Royal Forest the special rights of the Commoners would not have survived into the 19<sup>th</sup> century, and it was on the unique nature of these rights that the issue turned by which Epping Forest was won for the People. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones | [[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones |