{36} The branch of this tree is forty-two feet, the circumference eighteen feet seven inches. It is known to be upwards of two hundred years old. {44} They were originally planned by the late Mr. Flower. {46} The park and pleasure-grounds are computed to comprehend one thousand acres. {55} The ancient family of Walpole derives its name from Walpole, St. Peter in Marshland, where its progenitors were settled before the Norman Conquest. The title of Earl of Orford, which was first borne by the celebrated Sir Robert Walpole, became extinct in 1797, on the death of Horatio, the third earl of his family, but was revived in 1806, in the person of his cousin, Horatio, second Baron Walpole, of Wolterton, whose father (the first baron,) purchased this estate about 1725. {69} The Errata has been applied in this eBook.—DP.