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woodland, is also contemplated. Quite 
recently, the Trust has obtained a 
valuable tract of heathland and a 
beautiful hillside, together occupying 
about 65 acres. 
In the same year, Newton Common, 
near Newbury, a tract of land bearing 
beautiful trees and commanding exten- 
sive views over the surrounding coun- 
try, was also saved. Mr W. T. Shaw, 
of H orris Bank, who was anxious to 
preserve the wood and prevent the 
erection upon the land of any unsightly 
building injurious to the beauty of the 
Common, bought the land and pre- 
sented it to the Trust. 
In 1906, too, Gowbarrow Fell 
and Aira Force, 750 acres in all, 
bordering on U lis water, were pur- 
chased for ^12,800. It is a beautiful 
tract of woodland, lake, and fell, with 
the exquisite glen through which the 
Aira tumbles and leaps to the lake 
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