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He went up rather slowly on to a bit of commonland, and sat down on his overcoat among gorse bushes.
On Forsyte 'Change 2004
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The way to Farnham is the better, for it means leaving the high road for the natural paths that run over and round the windy ridges of the commonland to the east.
Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912
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To walk from Frensham Little Pond over Tilford Common to Tilford is to traverse some of the wildest and freshest commonland in Surrey.
Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912
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Chesterton wrote a preface) reckoned that a cottager with a quarter-acre of garden could well keep a cow on his own cabbages plus commonland grazing, could fatten his own pig and have to buy very little food for his family except grain and hops for home-baking and brewing.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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