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He inherited estates amounting to 75,000 acres in County Down, 16,000 in County Wicklow, 4,000 in Kings County, 9,500 in County Antrim, 2,100 acres in Kilkenny and 1,355 acres in Kildare.

The opening of Roath Dock in 1887 gave Cardiff a further 33 acres of deep water shiphandling facilities.

Originally, all the buildings except the Admin Block were sited among the woodland that comprised most of the 60-acre site.

We are looking along Acre End Street.

Under the 1944 Educaton Act, the site of Medstead School was declared inadequate for a 3-classroom school with an assembly hall, as it should have had one acre of playing field and one acre for the school

It covered 60 acres of the 100-acre site, and had 1,360,000 square feet of buildings.

In 1895, the Summers family had bought 40 acres of reclaimed marshland for £5.

From the 13th century, the village was part of the huge 3000-acre manor estate of the de Bellerbys.

From the 13th century, the village was part of the huge 3000-acre manor estate of the de Bellerbys.

Of the Clumber estate's 3,800 acres over a thousand are woodland, while the great lake itself occupies 87 acres.

It covered 60 acres of the 100-acre site, and had 1,360,000 square feet of buildings.

No 1 Dock, covering 73 acres of deep water, opened in 1889 and was equipped with nineteen coal hoists.

The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

The acres and acres of superb sand are what make these Lincolnshire coastal resorts such a pleasure; I remember donkey rides here, and indeed my daughters have also ridden the Skegness donkeys in the past

His agent thought the rent of £10 an acre was too low, but the deal went through in 1869 and 178 acres were taken over.

The acres and acres of superb sand are what make these Lincolnshire coastal resorts such a pleasure; I remember donkey rides here, and indeed my daughters have also ridden the Skegness donkeys in the past

This elegant Georgian mansion, set within three acres, is surrounded by the 90,000 acres of the New Forest where ponies roam free.

The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Once a centre of the Wealden ironworking industry, Lamberhurst is today known for its fine vineyard of 32 acres, for the 770-acre Bewl Water Reservoir, and for the attractive fairytale Scotney Castle,

West of the pier a marine lake for pleasure boating was formed in 1895; it had nearly 40 acres of water and a 3-acre island.

Sherwood Forest once covered over 100,000 acres between Nottingham and Worksop, although the great ducal estates of the Dukeries enclosed much of the north part for their parks.

The mansion and the church sit amid a park of over 200 acres, in an estate of more than 10,000 acres.

During 1955-57 the company spent £36 million on doubling car production, excavating over 1.5 million tons of chalk and clay from the Chilterns to accommodate 1.6 million square feet of building