82 PLANTATIONS IN GLOSSOP PARISH. 



the neighbouring lesser-sized " Castle Edge 

 Plantation" were completed about twenty- 

 eight years ago, and the ground was planted 

 at my suggestion and earnest request made 

 to its respected owner, the late Wilbraham 

 Egerton, Esq., and executed by his instruc- 

 tions by his agent the late H. H. Liugard, 

 Esq., my friend and schoolfellow, who soli- 

 cited the " Whitle Inclosure Bill" through 

 the Session of 1826, and also the " OUersett 

 and Phoside Inclosure BiU" through the Ses- 

 sion of 1828, on both which occasions I ac- 

 companied him on his mission to Parliament, 

 and remained with him until both of the 

 Acts were obtained. 



The plantations on the Ollersett estates 

 were commenced about forty years ago, pre- 

 vious to the plantations in Beard being made 

 by direction of the late venerable Earl of 

 Burlington, who fixed on the sites to be 

 planted when he paid his last visit in person 

 to his estate in Beard. The Holhnhurst 



