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Frith Wood Bussage (not to be confused with Frith Wood Slad) is known to have existed as a wood in 1520, when it was acquired by Corpus Christi College Oxford, which then owned it till the first part of the 20th century. The wood survives because of its usefulness: for most of its existence it was coppiced (regularly cut to near ground level) and cropped for firewood, sticks and other uses, with animals grazing amongst the trees. Income was generated for its owners for centuries. Today, foresters still say ‘The wood that pays is the wood that stays’, even if income today is from other sources and the wood provides different goods. Formerly extending down the hillside south of the Frith (as seen in the photo), the current trees, mostly beech, tall and rather spindly, are thought to have regenerated after the Second World War, when mature trees were felled. Ideally,… Read more