. The book of the English oak. Oak; Trees. 194 INDEX TO MAP OF ENGLISH OAKS. Description. 43 44 45 20 aii'l 21 46 47 48 56 49 50 51 52 Newland Oak Pansanger Oak , Parliament Oak, Queen's Oak Queen's Oak Queen's Oak Reformation Oak Robin Hood's Oak Rufus Oak Rycote Oak Rydal Oaks St. Edmund's Oak Newland, Gloucester, a few miles west of Monmouth. Girth about 47 ft. 6 in. 3 ft. above the ground. Far gone in decay. Near Hertford. Fine freely-growing tree, now falling into decay. Clipston Park, Sherwood. Shown as the tree under which Edward i. held a parlia- ment in 1282. The oak is carefully pre-
. The book of the English oak. Oak; Trees. 194 INDEX TO MAP OF ENGLISH OAKS. Description. 43 44 45 20 aii'l 21 46 47 48 56 49 50 51 52 Newland Oak Pansanger Oak , Parliament Oak, Queen's Oak Queen's Oak Queen's Oak Reformation Oak Robin Hood's Oak Rufus Oak Rycote Oak Rydal Oaks St. Edmund's Oak Newland, Gloucester, a few miles west of Monmouth. Girth about 47 ft. 6 in. 3 ft. above the ground. Far gone in decay. Near Hertford. Fine freely-growing tree, now falling into decay. Clipston Park, Sherwood. Shown as the tree under which Edward i. held a parlia- ment in 1282. The oak is carefully pre- served, and is supported by props. See " Elizabeth ; Grafton Regis, Buckinghamshire. Edward IV. is said to have first met Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Earl Rivers, under this tree, and hither, tradition has it, she came to pray for the restoration of her husband's land, lost in the Wars of the Roses. New Forest, near Lyndhurst. Near the King Oak. See page 85. On Household Heath, Norwich, under which Ket held his parliament, and on which nine of his followers were hanged after the suppression of the rebellion. See "Shambles ; Now vanished. The tree from which Tyrrel shot Red-whiskers. The site in the New Forest is now marked with an inscribed stone. 9 miles east of Oxford. Near Rydal Mere. Storm-battered speci- mens which interested Wordsworth, See page 94. Hoxne Woods, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, marked the site of the King's martyrdom. This venerable tree fell in 1848, and deeplv embedded in its trunk an iron cusp was found, believed to be one of the actual arrow-heads shot by the Danes at the martyred Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hurst, Charles. London Lynwood
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