Beech Avenue in Autumn, Kingston Lacy, Dorset, England, UK
The Beech Avenue on the Kingston Lacy, Dorset, estate began life in 1835, when 731 trees were planted either side of the newly built road, which was created as a turnpike, or toll road, to the financial benefit of the land’s owner, explorer and Dorset aristocrat William John Bankes. It’s said the road and trees were an extravagant gift from Barnes to his mother Frances. There were 365 trees along one side, and 366 along the other, one for every day of the year, and the other for every day of a leap year.
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