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Caption For Eastbourne, On The Sands 1910

Behind the somewhat overdressed children is Eastbourne's fine pier, designed by Eugenius Birch in 1871.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1910

Designed by Birch, the pier opened in 1870.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Park C1960

Some parts of Victoria Park were left as woodland, and bracken, silver birch and oak thrive.

Caption For Binfield, Newbold Missionary College C1955

The original house, built by Mr Hutchinson Brown, was bought by Charles Birch Crisp who, in 1910, commissioned newly-qualified architect Oliver Hill to enlarge the house and design the gardens.

Caption For Rochdale, Healey Dell 1898

Oak, birch and beech trees predominate and there are over 400 species of flora and over 60 species of birds.

Caption For New Brighton, The Pier C1875

The original pier was designed by Eugenius Birch, and was one of the classic piers of the British seaside resort in its design.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Now Birch, Browne & Son's Hairdressing Salons (to the Lion's right) offers new-fangled 'Permanent Waving' to its clients!

Caption For Brighton, West Pier 1889

It was built in 1863-66 to designs by Eugenius Birch and was gradually embellished over the years.

Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe Pier 1889

The Hoe Pier was the last to be designed by Eugenius Birch; he died a couple of months before it opened on 29 March 1884.

Caption For Windermere, 1886

The wooden gates and fences in the photograph are typical of this southern, less-mountainous part of the Lake District, and the slightly-blurred leaves of the silver birch trees are caused by wind movement

Caption For Thrapston, De Vere Road C1955

Pairs of 1930s semis seem to march down the hill, the view made more bleak by the brutal municipal pruning of the silver birch trees - they are now no more substantial than the street lamp or the telephone

Caption For Brighton, From The West Pier 1902

This is clearly demonstrated in this fine panoramic view of Brighton from the West Pier, which was designed by Eugenius Birch and opened in 1866.

Caption For Aberystwyth, The Pier Entrance 1925

The pier was another Birch-designed affair, his only one in Wales.

Caption For Weybridge, Prince's House C1960

Situated at the junction of Prince's Road and Hanger Hill, this was formerly called The Birches.

Caption For Lamorna, 1927

One of Lamorna's most famous residents was the painter Samuel John Birch, who moved there in 1892 and stayed for the rest of his life.

Caption For Deal, The Bandstand And The Pier 1906

Birch's pier was a victim of the Second World War: only the tollhouses remained after the damaged structure had been pulled down to assist the needs of a coastal gun battery.

Caption For Clumber Park, C1955

The soil is thin, sandy and infertile, but it suits slow-growing oak trees, birch and bracken.

Caption For Wilmslow, Lindow Common C1955

A typical moss landscape of sedge and scruffy birch trees is in the foreground; beyond are some of the traditional peat cutters who were still working the area.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1901

In the early 1860s the Pier Company was formed, but infighting slowed the work; Eugenius Birch's pier, started in 1866 and part-opened in 1870 by Lord Edward Cavendish, was not completed until 1872

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1910

Designed by Eugenius Birch, the doyen of pier architects, the pier opened in 1870.