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Lewesdon Hill, topped by beech trees, was given to the National Trust in 1943.

Beech Hurst was built in 1798 for ship's master Samuel Rolles, who was involved in Poole's trade with Newfoundland.

The house on the corner, known as The Beeches, was advertised for auction in 1920.

Goring is a riverside village lying between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

At Water End, the River Gade runs under the fine three-arched bridge and through water meadows shaded by beech, willow and oak trees.

These lovely beeches were planted in the 18th century, possibly by the architect Sanderson Miller.

These lovely beeches were planted in the 18th century, possibly by the architect Sanderson Miller.

The bridge, built in 1848, carried the Great Northern Railway main line from Grimsby to London King's Cross (via Peterborough), but since the Beeching cuts it now only carries the Skegness to Nottingham

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

Much of this feeling remains today: the churchyard wall with its railings and gates is unchanged, although the copper beech behind the left gate pier has grown very large.

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

The 1920s Elm Tree Cottage on the left is now partly hidden by a large beech tree, while the 19th-century cottages behind the pillar box (which is still there today) have an extra bay to the

In the distance is Breaches Wood, a typical Chiltern beech hanger.

Behind the house is the famous Selborne Hanger, a beautiful beech-clad hill beloved of the 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White, who also lived at The Wakes.

The line was closed in Dr Beeching's drastic remodelling of Britain's railway network in 1965.

The posts have now gone, but there is still a bench; and the copper beech tree, just visible on the left, is now a fine, mature specimen that shades much of the Green.

Behind it is Beech Tree Court, houses formed out of old farmbuildings.

Beeching closed the railway line, and the village has been bypassed by the A541; the modern village website proclaims that 'there are no shops in Nannerch'.

The trees ... are very fine: oak, ashes and beeches; some of the finest of each sort.

Ruswarp station is the first stop on the Whitby to Middlesbrough railway line – mercifully ignored by Beeching, much to the benefit of the many isolated villages lying in the Esk valley

Prince Albert planted the beech tree, to be seen to the right of the picture, in 1860.

There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up on the top of the Downs.

As the railways since Lord Beeching's cuts do not visit Louth, the sign (left) pointing to the station has also gone.

It is also unusual (in this region) in being composed mainly of beech trees, though there are other species too, notably oak and sweet chestnut.