[2] The terrain is a gradual slope from NE to SW, with the highest point of 307 feet (94 m) at the top end of mounts hill road (Forest farm entrance), to the lowest point of 217 feet (66 m) where Lovel and Hatchet lanes meet.
[3][4] At the centre of the property is Fern Hill on which a large Grade II early 18th century mansion stands.
[5] Hancock is gazetted and inferred as being the registrar for entrants to "Her Majesty’s Plate of 100 guineas" which was to be held at Ascot on 7 August 1711.
[8] The next proprietor of Fern Hill was Lieutenant General Jasper Clayton (1675-1743),[9][10] who died at the Battle of Dettingen.
[24] The house sometimes referred to Forest Hill was demolished as surplus to requirement on the behest of the honourable Irene Waite née Austin who owned Fernhill.