X PRE FA CE. 



the returns which I have received it would seem, that with the 

 exception of the Royal Park of Windsor, of about 2,600 acres, 

 Lord Egerton of Tatton's Park, at Tatton, in Cheshire, containing 

 2,500 acres, is the largest in this country, though there are several 

 others, such as Blenheim,^ in Oxfordshire, Richmond Park, in 

 Surrey, Eastwell, in Kent, Grimsthorpe, in Lincolnshire, Thoresby, 

 in Nottinghamshire, and Knowesley, in Lancashire, which nearly 

 approach it in size. 



I have now only to add that I fear it is possible that the names 

 of some existing deer parks have been inadvertently omitted ; if so, 

 I should be glad to be informed of the fact, and grateful for any 

 corrections which may be forwarded to me. Many ancient and 

 disused parks must also, of course, have escaped my attention ; 

 but such omissions must naturally attend an attempt of the present 

 nature, and will, I hope, receive the indulgence of the reader. 



Lower Eatington Park : 

 April 30, 1867. 



' Blenheim, indeed, contains about 2,800 acres, of which, however, but 1,150 are open to the 

 deer. 



