The beech woodland was planted to prevent this happening again and the hill became a hunting park and private game reserve as part of the Thornham Estate. It was sold in 1861 and came into the ownership of Joseph Milne, whose wife later sold the park to Norris Bradbury, a Royton councillor. Bradbury gifted the park to the people of Royton in 1919 as a peace offering at the end of the First World War.
To avoid a repeat of the past, a beech woodland was planted on the hill, which subsequently became a hunting ground and private game reserve within the Thornham Estate. The estate changed hands in 1861, passing into Joseph Milne's ownership, before being sold to Norris Bradbury, a Royton town councilor. In 1919, as a gesture of peace following World War I, Bradbury donated the park to the residents of Royton.