Eastwick & Gilston 2

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Eastwick and Gilston 2, High Wych 37 and Hunsdon 19 Cockrobin Lane

Map showing recorded Eastwick and Gilston paths

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

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Legal History
2 Feb 1953: Eastwick 2 was recorded as CRB (Carriage Road used as a Bridleway) on the original definitive statement. DM sheets DM2-27 (Herts 30 SE) and DM2-25 (Herts 30 NE).
2 Feb 1953: Hunsdon 19 was recorded as CRB (Carriage Road used as a Bridleway) on the original definitive statement. DM sheets DM2-27 (Herts 30 SE) and DM2-25 (Herts 30 NE).
When the Eastwick and Gilston parishes merged, Eastwick 2 was renamed Eastwick and Gilston 2.
27 Jan 1961: London Gazette notice that Hertfordshire County Council intend on 2 Mar 1961 to ask Magistrates to stop up Cock Robin Lane reserving bridleway rights.
13 Apr 1961: Cockrobin Lane acknowledged as unclassified county road by Magistrates. Stopped up reserving bridleway rights. This covers Eastwick 2 and part of High Wych 37.
31 Dec 1977: Eastwick and Gilston 2 was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-61 (TL41SW).
31 Dec 1977: Hunsdon 19 was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-61 (TL41SW).
22 Oct 2021: Application for route to be shown as restricted byway. HCC reference HTM/514. Subsequently HCC provided a copy of the 1961 order. Application left for the recording of the width and lack of limitations.
Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Eastwick and Gilston] 2. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 61
Commences from Road at Eastwickhall Cottages thence N along Cockrobin Lane skirting the E boundary of Eastwick Wood thence E through Queens Wood to parish boundary.
Path: [High Wych] 37. Status: Bridleway / Restricted Byway. Definitive Map sheet: 61
Commences at county road N of Actons thence W as Restricted Byway past FP23 and S to junction with Restricted Byway 38, thence SW as bridleway along northern boundary of Battles Wood to parish boundary.
Path: [Hunsdon] 19. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 61
Commences from eastern boundary of Eastwick Wood at parish boundary thence N and NE along boundary into Eastwick and Gilston (scheduled as BR2 in Eastwick).