What is the Englefield Green committee?
The Englefield Village Green belongs to the Crown and is only leased to Runnymede Borough Council. The Green is much larger than most people think, as it includes not only the mown area which extends from the Barley Mow pub over to the new cricket pitch (with the pavilion and play area); but also includes the wooded area which stretches between the Cricket Pitch, Castle Hill Road and Coopers Hill Lane. The lease dates back to 1955 and the recitals reach back to the Enclosure Acts of George III and to indentures and licences granted in the reigns of Queen Victoria, George V and George VI. The rent is 1 per annum! It is the lease which sets up the Englefield Green Committee whose members include the councillors for Englefield Green and two other person selected by the Council from the tenants of the houses round the Green. The committee meets four times a year. The committee has to keep the Green in good and neat order for the purposes expressed in the Enclosure Act which includes animal
