238 Agricultural Capabilities of the New Forest. 
probably been granted originally by the Crown for services 
rendered by the ancestors or predecessors of the present pro- 
prietors. The larger portion of the Forest rights belong to the 
owners and occupiers of the property interspersed or immediately 
bordering the Forest. The largest manor is that of Beaulieu, at 
present belonging to Lord Henry Scott, M.P. for the county. 
It is situated on the south of the Forest, and on the side of the 
Beaulieu river, and comprehends some useful farms and large 
woods. It extends from north to south some 5 miles, and from 
east to west between 2 and 3. Like that of other manors, the 
land is above the average of the Forest in quality. 
On its eastern side, we have the manors of Fawley and Ex- 
bury, the former containing the noble mansion of E, A. Drum- 
mond, Esq. It consists of various farms of fair average land 
favourable for roots and for barley, the quality of the latter 
being well adapted for malting. It is bordered by the South- 
ampton Water on the east, and the Forest on the west. Exbury, 
a smaller manor, borders the Solent on the south, and the few 
farms belonging to it are various in quality. 
Hobury manor, belonging to W. H. Stanley, Esq., immediately 
adjoins, and contains some useful farms. Second or third in size, 
but first with regard to the numerous rights it enjoys over the 
Forest, is Brockenhurst, the seat of J. Morant, Esq. It extends 
from beyond the village on the north nearly to Lymington. 
The park occupies a considerable portion of the manor, and 
abounds, as well as the adjoining farms, with oak timber. 
The manor of Minstead, the property of H. Compton, Esq., 
is a compact estate in the north-eastern central part of the Forest, 
being some 3 miles by 2 miles in extent. It embraces a fine 
park, and in the adjoining grounds are to be found some of the 
finest rhododendrons in the kingdom, a result partly due to the 
moisture of the soil, and partly to the mild and favourable character 
of the climate. On this estate the land has been treated liberally 
for some years, and, so treated, it is very favourable for roots, 
Burley manor is the seat of VV. C, D, Esdaile, Esq,, who, 
residing in the midst of the Forest, has taken a great interest in 
all matters connected with it, and whose views on various points 
are worthy of much attention. Mr. Esdaile has very much 
improved his land by means of marling and otherwise. 
There are many other estates, of various degrees of import- 
ance, bordering the Forest, the rights on which have been fully 
established, 
yi. — The Enclosures. 
There appear to have been 13,7^7 acres enclosed under the 
Acts William III. and George III., of which G772 acres have 
