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As late as 1870, enclosure meadowland and hawthorn hedges stretched away from Wigston, but the ensuing period up to 1900 was to see a trebling of population figures as hosiers and boot and shoe manufacturers

This photograph shows a village opening out onto the low hedges and standard trees of the 1769 enclosure fields, which in their turn overlie the prominent ridge and furrow of an earlier age.

In the main, this is a large red-brick village, but a few thatched stone cottages remain, as in the photograph - note its superb hedges and simple topiary.

The photograph contrasts fenced and hedged sheep pastures with visual echoes of heathland.

In the main, this is a large red-brick village, but a few thatched stone cottages remain, as in the photograph - note its superb hedges and simple topiary.

This view of the western end of the High Street, seen from the forecourt of the Spread Eagle, is dominated by the clock tower built by Butler and Hedge in 1847-48, which commemorates the passing of the

The neat topiary hedge-work seen on the left is in the garden of the 15th-century Priest's House, which is open to visitors. It is still nicely kept.

From the foot of the Foxton flight of locks, the canal cuts through the classic late 18th-century enclosure landscape of straight hedges.

five-arched ashlar bridge of around 1830 is named after the Countess of Wilton, whose husband - a well-known figure in the hunting world - bought Egerton Lodge and entertained the rich and famous until he died

is a small village in North Norfolk, known mainly for its beautiful Victorian church built at his own expense and to his own design by the rector, Whitwell Elwin, who served the church for 50 years: he died

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.

He died in 1908.

They felt a need to fill 'The Surrey wilderness', an area of under-representation for Methodism, and significant funding came from a fund set up by Hugh Price Hughes: unfortunately, he died before

Inside the church is a monument to Sir Charles Bell, whose only connection with Hallow is that he died there on a visit in 1842.

Lowestoft's convalescent home was a gift to the town in 1877 from William Birbeck, who was himself ill – he died in 1897.

Tommy Bickford was a larger-than-life Exmouth character - he died the year after this photograph was taken.

When he died, Thomas bequeathed Talbot Square to the town.

Gurney did not have long to enjoy Bude, for he died in 1853.

He died in 1853, and an inscription at the base of the monument records his service to the nation.

He died in 1886 and this photograph shows the fountain soon after it was erected.

Cove is a suburb of Farnborough, famous for its international air show and remembered as the final resting place of Napoleon III, who was dethroned in 1870 and escaped to exile in England, where he died

He died in 1600 and is buried in the graveyard. Beside the graveyard is Oswalds, once home to the novelist Joseph Conrad.

He died in 1773, and there is a lane nearby bearing his name where his grave can be found. He was also mentioned by Henry Fielding in his novel 'Tom Jones'.

He died in 1933 aged 79. It was said that the sound of his whistle would cause birds to flock to eat out of his hand.