"BARRY ELLSON" wrote in message
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Actually, if you were to read the book, "The History of the Countryside",
by
Oliver Rackman, you will find that, rather than hedges being a relatively
recent thing, there is strong evidence to suggest that many are in fact
predating the Roman occupation.

depends on what you mean by 'many'
There might be a thousand miles of such hedge. But as a proportion it is
pretty irrelevent.

Jim Webster