Join English HeritageEdmund, Earl of Cornwall creates the Deer Park
Edmund, the 2nd Earl of Cornwall encloses former common land to the north of Berkhamsted Castle to create a new deer park. For centuries, kings and nobles hunt deer here, providing sport for royalty and venison for the Castle larders. It is later expanded by Dukes of Cornwall: by Edward the Black Prince in 1337, and again in 1612 by Charles Stuart (later King Charles I).
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