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Caption For Beer, Under Hooken Landslip 1927

This wild cliffscape midway between Branscombe and Beer was formed on a day in March 1790 when 10 acres of land tumbled towards the sea.

Caption For Virginia Water, The Cascade 1907

Fed by the artificial 120-acre lake behind it, this picturesque cascade was created in 1746-68 as part of the extensive landscaping carried out by the artist brothers Thomas and Paul Sandby for the Duke

Caption For Hartley, Fairby Grange Convalescent Home C1950

Fairby Grange stands in almost an acre of well tended gardens.

Caption For Newbury, Victoria Park C1955

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre and covers an area of seventeen acres.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.

Caption For Reigate, Church Street 1909

The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.

Caption For Bordon, The Village C1905

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been construct- ed for troops returning from the Boer War.

Caption For Bordon, The Village C1905

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.

Caption For Castleford, Queens Park C1955

Of Queen's Park's 43 acres, thirteen came from the two landowners, and a further parcel was purchased from the Earl of Crewe in 1904 to provided a park keepers' cottage, a bandstand and a

Caption For Methwold, The George Inn C1965

Methwold is one of several south-west Norfolk parishes noted for rabbit farming: there was an enormous warren here, covering 1,500 acres.

Caption For Bramshott, Quince Farm 1917

It was rural, bucolic scenes like this one at 600-acre Quince Farm that inspired Tennyson to write a poem of 47 words while visiting the area one summer's day in the 1860s.

Caption For Cleeve Hill, Nottingham Hill C1950

The one we see here on Nottingham Hill is one of the largest of its kind in the country at over 100 acres.

Caption For Diss, Market Hill C1960

Early closing day gives a peaceful air to this normally busy market town, built around a six-acre lake known as Diss Mere: local tradition says that it is bottomless.

Caption For Hickling, The Staithe From The Pleasure Boat Inn C1950

Beyond the staithe, the inlet opens into Hickling Broad, which at 400 acres is the largest of the Norfolk Broads.

Caption For Linton, Clappers Stile C1955

When this picture was taken in the 1950s, the Linton estate farms were mainly arable, with only 200 acres recorded as grassland.

Caption For York, Heslington Hall, University Of York C1960

This, the main body of the university, is spread over approximately 190 acres.

Caption For Sewerby, The Park Gateway C1955

The gate leads to 50 acres of parkland surrounding Sewerby Hall, which was built between 1714 and 1720.

Caption For Salthouse, The Village And The Church C1955

The parish of Salthouse extends over 1,559 acres of land, 15 of water and 31 of foreshore.

Caption For Odiham, Chalk Pit 1910

Covering some eight acres, this is believed to be the largest chalk pit in Hampshire.

Caption For Nantwich, Brine Bath's Hotel 1898

The hotel's grounds covered 70 acres, so that with the decline in interest in medicinal treatments following the Second World War they became a prime site for development.