 However, in the meantime he had acquired 2,000 acres at what is now Woolmers, and he returned there to run his farm.By 1825 he had reached 6,000 acres.He was progressively joined by his brothers, who immigrated from England to build the Panshanger, Brickendon, Northbury, Fairfield, Cheshunt, Woodside, Palmerston and Saundridge estates between them.