The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by
William the Conqueror, featuring in the Domesday Book.
A treasure-trove of finely detailed 19th and early 20th Century photographs of the New Forest in both Wiltshire and Hampshire, from the world-famous Francis Frith archive. Each contians an introductory history of the locality. Informative captions accompany the photographs, and the pages are sprinkled with tidbits of local lore. Book length is 119 pages.