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The footpath between the low hedge and the rendered bungalow (right) offers a short meander to the gates of Gopsal Park and Little Twycross.

On the left of the picture there are signs of hedge cutting.

In medieval times, Clipped Hedge was supposedly the only building situated on Hatfield Heath itself. The Heath was an area of common land criss-crossed by roads.

The foreground of this view is now entirely obscured by trees and hedging. The railway line is no longer visible.

The hedges, plantings, paths and the thatched pavilions have strikingly civilised what was a windswept bare grass area. Beyond are the late Victorian buildings of St Bede's Preparatory School.

Pictures of Shaftmoor Lane taken around 1900 show a delightful country lane bordered by trees and hedges.

The older houses are surrounded by mature trees, but later infilling has led to modern houses and bungalows with hedges of the dreaded leylandii.

He has stopped at Hedges' shop to replenish his stores. Note the cottage's tall chimney, creating the draught necessary to produce a good fire.

The circular gun-ports at the base of the gatehouse walls are obscured by hedging.

The trees and hedge on the right have since been removed and a wide grass verge created.

On the left of the picture there are signs of hedge cutting.

We are looking towards Mill Lane, with comfortable but typically uninspired housing of a sort to be found on the edge of many Leicestershire towns and villages.

It was a small and sleepy Sussex village, until then remote in the rolling landscape of the western Weald, a landscape of small dense hedged fields and oak trees.

The chestnut palings are now a smart well-trimmed beech hedge.

A windmill used to stand across the road, behind the hedge.

The stony ground hereabouts led to the construction of stone walls as well as the usual Dorset hedges. In recent times the village gave a name to the much-loved Dorset folk-singing group the Yetties.

To make room for the 'race track', the hedges and trees on the left have all gone.

To the west of Compton Bishop, the former Crooks Peak Guest House is now a private house, almost invisible behind high beech hedges.

This view looks south towards All Saints' Church and shows how the tower and spire originally closed the vista well, although nowadays the church is hidden by high hedges and a fine cedar.

In our photograph, the village stores and post office were sheltered from the roadway behind trimmed hedges.

The hill in the background with a hedge on its crest remains an attractive focal point from this 1930s development.

We are looking towards Mill Lane, with comfortable but typically uninspired housing of a sort to be found on the edge of many Leicestershire towns and villages.

The hedge at the right belongs to the churchyard of Holy Trinity, a somewhat unattractive Neo-Norman church of 1843.

The grounds included a rose garden, vegetable and fruit gardens, and a maze of yew hedges.