{"product_id":"9781914518164","title":"The Wood that Built London : A Human History of the Great North Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is hard to imagine that the busy townscape of South London was once a great wood, stretching almost seven miles from Croydon to Deptford or that, scattered through the suburbs, from Dulwich to Norwood, a number of oak woodlands have survived since before the Norman Conquest.    These woods were intensively managed for a thousand years, providing timber for construction, furniture and shipbuilding, and charcoal for London�_Ts blacksmiths, kilns and bakeries. Now they afford important green space, a vital habitat for small mammals, birds and insects. In The Wood That Built London, historian C.J. SchA�ler draws on a wealth of documents, historic maps and environmental evidence to chart the fortunes of the North Wood from its earliest times: its ecology, ownership, management, and the gradual encroachment of the metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45458835374301,"sku":"9781914518164","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781914518164.jpg?v=1719955624","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781914518164","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}