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... Park Oaks of Sussex - Selwood Forest New Forest . - - - - Windsor Park -The Beech Trees - Squirrels - The Beech - PAGE • 18 - Aaron Hill's Scheme - Chantilly and Burnham Rides in Windsor Forest - The Heronry - Habits of Herons - The ...
... Park Oaks of Sussex - Selwood Forest New Forest . - - - - Windsor Park -The Beech Trees - Squirrels - The Beech - PAGE • 18 - Aaron Hill's Scheme - Chantilly and Burnham Rides in Windsor Forest - The Heronry - Habits of Herons - The ...
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... park well stocked with deer , rabbits and fish ponds . He had a long narrow bowling green in it , and used to play with round sand- bowls . Here too he had a banquetting - room built , like a stand , in a large tree . He kept all sorts ...
... park well stocked with deer , rabbits and fish ponds . He had a long narrow bowling green in it , and used to play with round sand- bowls . Here too he had a banquetting - room built , like a stand , in a large tree . He kept all sorts ...
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... Park is of a vast size and age . So great was the anti- quity of some of the old oak pollards in Sherwood Forest , that in cutting some of them for various purposes , the crown with an I. R. was found deeply imbedded in the trees . If ...
... Park is of a vast size and age . So great was the anti- quity of some of the old oak pollards in Sherwood Forest , that in cutting some of them for various purposes , the crown with an I. R. was found deeply imbedded in the trees . If ...
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... Park allotted to the Crown . The hundred miles of green drives have to a certain extent disappeared . Many of the old pollards have been cut down and disposed of as fire- wood , and the whole face of the country has been changed . Some ...
... Park allotted to the Crown . The hundred miles of green drives have to a certain extent disappeared . Many of the old pollards have been cut down and disposed of as fire- wood , and the whole face of the country has been changed . Some ...
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... Park . He introduced great herds of red and fallow deer , and encouraged a breed of wild Turkies , and it is to be regretted that the latter are extinct . The Park could hardly have had a more beautiful decora- tion . Birds are among ...
... Park . He introduced great herds of red and fallow deer , and encouraged a breed of wild Turkies , and it is to be regretted that the latter are extinct . The Park could hardly have had a more beautiful decora- tion . Birds are among ...
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