Edmund
was very different from his father. He disliked natural history and instead
was interested in antiquities. This led to him spending large sums of money
on a collection of books and episcopal rings. Many of the rings were later
acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The estate fell into neglect but miraculously much has survived. As a nature reserve it ceased to be managed and protected but the landscape at Walton remains little altered today. The farmland has increased at the expense of some of the woodland, but there is still plenty of space for herons to nest, and many other animals to live undisturbed.
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