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Bollocks it was! Hampstead Heath was in private ownership from before 986, before the Doomsday Book even. Then it was purchased for public use in 1870 odd. T
by Lio 3y ago
Bollocks it was! Hampstead Heath was in private ownership from before 986, before the Doomsday Book even. Then it was purchased for public use in 1870 odd.
The name Van Allen implies Dutch ancestry and, according to the article, he has a Yorkshire accent, so it sounds very implausible that a public park in London was "stolen" from his ancestors.
He has no more right to deprive other people of the use of this land, by building a private residence, than anybody else.
The solution to homelessness in London is through government building public housing to replace all housing stock they sold into private ownership not from individuals nabbing their own bit of a public park.
We could back that up with better provision of the mental health services that have been de-funded over time.
- Paul-Craft 3y agoWho cares about 986? And what of his maternal ancestors? Do people not migrate from London to Yorkshire?
- Lio 3y agoI'll tell you what mate, if you can point to evidence of the specific ancestor of his that was disposed from Hampstead Heath and when that happened I'll concede the point. Otherwise this just looks like an individual trying to take something from public ownership into private ownership on the sly. Like a land owner trying to fence off a public footpath.
- Paul-Craft 3y agoSorry, but a last name and an accent isn't enough to shift any burden of proof, mate. My last name is English, but my ancestors have lived in the US for 400 years.