William Higgins

1842 - 1870  (28 years)

• Name	William Higgins
  Birth	1842	Loughton, Essex
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex
  Census	1861	Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex
  Death	23 Mar 1870	Loughton, Essex
  	Cause: Brain Fever
  Notes	1851 census - Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex HO107/1770/140 p10 John Higgins Head Married Male 38 1813 Ag Lab Loughton, Essex, England Frances Higgins Wife Married Female 38 1813 Loughton, Essex, England John Higgins Son Male 11 1840 Scholar Loughton, Essex, England William Higgins Son Male 8 1843 Scholar Loughton, Essex, England Elizabeth Higgins Daughter Female 6 1845 Scholar Loughton, Essex, England Henry Higgins Son male 3 1848 Loughton, Essex, England Robert Higgins Son Male 1 1850 Loughton, Essex, England 1861 census - Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex RG9/1063/117 p15 Mary Jacobs Head Widow Female 77 1784 Essex, England Frances Higgins Daughter Widow Female 48 1813 Laundress Loughton, Essex, England William Higgins Son Unmarried Male 18 1843 Agricultural Labourer Loughton, Essex, England
  Person ID	I3352	Willingale One Name Study
  Links To	This person is also William Higgins at Family Tree Maker Link to Higgins Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 May 2015

  
  

  Father	John Higgins           b. 1813, Loughton, Essex           d. 1856, Loughton, Essex (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Frances Jacobs           b. 1812, Loughton, Essex           d. 1896, Loughton, Essex (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F1118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 1842 - Loughton, Essex Census - 1851 - Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex Census - 1861 - Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex Death - Cause: Brain Fever - 23 Mar 1870 - Loughton, Essex  = Link to Google Earth
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  William Higgins One of the 'Loppers'

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Loughton Historical Society Mention of Thomas & William Higgins
  		Peelers Progress Mention of the Willingale case
  		Reviews of English Geographies 1600-1950 Historical Essays on English Customs, Cultures and Communities Mention of the Lopping Saga
  		The Willingales of Loughton - To Whom Do We Owe Epping Forest? Scan of article in the Essex Naturalist, from circa 1925
  		Another History of the right to Lop in Loughton

  
  

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  The Willingales of Loughton, To Whom Do We Owe Epping Forest

  
  

  Books » Slide Show		Enclosure of Epping Forest From advert after page 76, 1865 edition
  		Thomas Willingale, Lopping Rights and the saving of Epping Forest In this research, I not only give a background of the forest’s history and details of the early forest court rolls, outline Thomas’s involvement up to his death, but go on to detail later events, including the Epping Forest Commissioners, the Epping Forest Acts of 1878 & 1880, the Corporation of London's eventual conservation of the forest, the Arbitrator’s findings and the construction of Lopping Hall, which was built to compensate the inhabitants of Loughton for the loss of their lopping rights. I also detail some of the later reporting of these events and the folklore surrounding Thomas, right up to the present day.
  		A View of Epping Forest By Nicholas Hagger Transcript of mentions of the Willingale family

  
  

  Press Cuttings » Slide Show		Alfred Willingale Obituary This appears to have a few factual errors in it, Samuel didn't die shortly after being released from prison, we have living until abt 1911! It would seem William Higgins died around 1870 so this could be where the confusion lies?
  		Protecting rural tradition immortalised family tree Article from Epping Forest Guardian on the Thomas/Lopping saga, first time we have seen these comments re Samuel
  		Parliamentary petition re Alfred Willingale, Samuel Willingale and William Higgins
  		The Encroachments on Epping Forest
  		Lopping Rights Memorial
  		Willingale Memorial