116 THE NEW FOREST 



dence was at one time on lease to the Duke of 

 Bedford the Lord Warden of the day and his 

 heirs, but afterwards occupied by the officer in 

 charge of the Forest, now called the Deputy Sur- 

 veyor, as the representative in each forest of the 

 Surveyor-General, who was the ruler over all His 

 Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues. 



At New Park were the carpenters' and masons' 

 yards for carrying out the maintenance of lodges 

 and buildings all over the estate. In the Park 

 there were impounded all animals found tres- 

 passing in the Forest, while the farm was princi- 

 pally cultivated for the purpose of providing 

 fodder for the deer in winter time. 



This provoked the great indignation of William 

 Cobbett, who visited the place on one of his 

 "rides" in 1826; he inveighs against finding at 

 New Park "a garden, a farmyard, a farm, and 

 a nursery. The place looks like a considerable 

 gentleman's seat. The house stands in a sort of 

 park and you can see that a great deal of ex- 

 pense has been incurred in levelling the ground 

 and making it pleasing to the eyes of ' my lords ' 

 the Commissioners" (who, of course, used New 

 Park as their headquarters when they visited 

 the Forest). A little later, on learning that the 

 farm provided fodder for the deer in winter time, 

 he says " What are these deer for ? Who are to 



