Forest Spirit: Oil painting of Baggeridge Country Park is located in Staffordshire, England. Baggeridge was originally owned by the Earls Of Dudley and was part of the Himley Hall land holding, which was originally landscaped by 'Capability' Brown. Very early in the 20th century work began to mine the northern half when pit shafts were sunk and mining started. The mine closed in 1968 and the western eastern areas were then reclaimed and later turned into a country park.