en years'
growth, and young oaks are coming up from acorns which have been set
in vacant places. A few Weymouth pines have also been planted in
this enclosure, which grow very well."

The total acreage of these enclosures was 3,220 acres 6 poles, and their
position is shown pretty accurately by Mr. Taylor in his map of the
county. Messrs. Driver's report also informs us that there were now 589
houses, 1,798 pieces of land encroached from the open Forest, comprising
1,385 acres 3 roods 21 poles, thus distributed in the six "walks:"--

Number of Number of pieces Their extent.
Cottages. of land
A. R. P.
Speech-House Walk 1 2 0 0 21
Worcester do. 218 455 295 2 36
Herbert do. 95 487 325 2 22
Latimer do. 53 257 122 3 22
Danby do. 367 1201 744 1 21
York do. 98 173 195 3 15
Ellwood do. 113 397 417 3 10

Detached parts.
Wallmore 2 3 0 1 24
Northwood Green 3 4 0 1 33
The Bearce - 3 1 1 13
Mawkins Hazles - 5 15 1 28
The Tence 6 10 10 0 9
Glydden - 2 0 0 28
--- ---- ---- --- ---
589 1798 1385 3 21

Upwards of seventeen different Reports on the condition of "the Forest
and Land Revenues of the Crown" were made to Parliament by the Commission
of 1788, a fact which will partly explain the delay which took place in
carrying out the plans recommended in the Commissioners' Third Report
with reference to the Forest of Dean. The chief improvements effected
were in the roads, under an Act passed in the year 1795, for mending,
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