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ON July 23, the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, who is chairman of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, declared Park Wood, Ruislip, in Middlesex, a sylvan area of 237 acres, and the property of King's College, Cambridge, as dedicated for public use, in perpetuity. It has been acquired through the assistance of the Middlesex County Council, coupled with that of the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council. Complementary to the above is the gift by the College of the ancient manor house, its farm buildings, old-world gardens, and lofty and impressively timbered barn, one of the largest in the country, which accommodated nearly three hundred persons at the ceremony. Lord Crawford expressed the hope that the woodlands might always remain as such, and be truly English in character. The kindly agencies of Nature would sanctify them through their flora and fauna, and in particular there was the inspiration of bird life. Congratulations were extended to the provost and fellows of King's College on the happy arrangement effected.
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Park Wood, Ruislip. Nature 130, 160 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130160b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130160b0