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The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.

By 1981 it comprised sixteen villages, 5610 acres, and had a population of about 50,000. Projections were for it to comprise eighteen villages and have a population of 68,000 by 1985.

Herbert H Raphael`s gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden Suburb

In 1947 land behind the war memorial was landscaped as sunken gardens and their 1.3 acres became the new Gardens of Remembrance.

The YMCA outdoor activities centre on the western shore of Windermere a little distance north of Lakeside occupies 240 acres, with a lake frontage of half a mile.

But when fifteen acres of ground became available at the foot of the Malone Road, the plans were completed.

They lived here until 1855, when the old-established brewery, the 12 quarter malt house, the brew house, the stores, a dwelling house, an orchard and 5 acres of land were to be let.

In 1892, there were acres of thatch to see in Beer, as well as unsurfaced roads. Today, the place is still delightful, and has better roads.

Plenty of stone-built houses and cottages stand in the shadow of Wytham Great Wood, and just to the south lies 700-acre Wytham Park. The house is now part of Oxford University.

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for “...the relief of the poor” in the 12th century. There are 20 miles of public rights of way.

Opened in October 1854, the park covered around sixteen acres, eight of which comprised the old Town Field; the remainder was purchased from an adjoining estate.

On 22 June 1911 he gave an extra 4.5 acres to commemorate the coronation of George V. This is Fountain Court; the fountain remains today, but it is filled with plants.

Following the New Towns Act of 1964, 37 farms and 7,500 acres of land were taken over and absorbed as the new town developed.

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

The White Hart has been a public house since at least 1775 when it was a smallholding with five or six acres of farmland.

In 1851 about 500 acres of marsh in the village and adjoining parishes were drained, but in the 1860s the banks were broken and never properly repaired.

It was purchased by Reuben Farley, who paid for its restoration and presented it to the town in 1898, together with four acres of land.

A 32-acre site adjoining the Botanical Gardens at Old Trafford was chosen, as it had both rail and tramway connections. Note the mock-up of the cathedral tower.

The War Office purchased over 1,600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.

This view at Butt Brow north-west towards Combe Hill across Willingdon Bottom is part of the four thousand acres previously owned by the Duke of Devonshire that the corporation of Eastbourne have managed

The lake in Cyfarthfa Park covers nearly 7 acres. It was used for boating in pre-Second World War days, but after this it slowly ceased to be used for this purpose.

Lord Zetland had given the town six acres of land, which was developed and opened in 1924; it originally also included tennis courts and gardens, a lake and an aviary.

It sits comfortably in 900 acres of landscaped grounds, which were designed by Capability Brown.

In 1898 a new pulpit was installed and the churchyard extended by a further acre. Business appears to have been brisk, as the churchyard was extended again in 1925.