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Just visible on the left is the roof of Beech Cottage, by 1927 owned by Sidney Howard Smith.
Over the parish boundary in Carshalton in what was named Carshalton Beeches, lavender fields were developed in the years after after 1905.
The beech tree after which the hotel is named has long disappeared.
Lord Beeching closed this branch line in 1964.
The long avenue of beech trees which lines the road beyond Wimborne, towards the ancient hillfort of Badbury Rings, is one of the finest sights in England.
The old parish included the townships of Beech, Kibblestone, Hilderstone and Normacott, and in 1811 the population was around 6,000 people.
Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.
In the autumn the beech trees of Cranham turn a glorious gold, attracting visitors from far and wide.
We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.
The road climbs here along the chalk amid the beech woods of the Paradise Plantation.
Dr Beeching axed the line in 1964, although the tall, slim station building can be seen to this day.
Situated at the top of a steepish hill on the road from Heswall, the entrance to Beech Farm is on the right in our picture.
Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is also well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.
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
With the coming of the Beeching cuts, trains to Cleethorpes virtually disappeared, and Wonderland correspondingly suffered - as has the station.
With the coming of the Beeching cuts, trains to Cleethorpes virtually disappeared, and Wonderland correspondingly suffered - as has the station.
The old parish included the townships of Beech, Kibblestone, Hilderstone and Normacott, and in 1811 the population was around 6,000 people.
The road forward has been a cul-de-sac since Lord Beeching closed the railway in 1964, giving room for a by-pass to Andover and Basingstoke and the roundabout now facing the White Hart Inn.
This picturesque quarter of Tetbury leads from the north-east corner of the Chipping to a triangular green with a splendid copper beech tree.
Ash, wych elm and beech trees line the valley to augment this glorious spot.
