. The book of the English oak. Oak; Trees. INDEX TO MAP OF ENGLISH OAKS 193 No. on Heme's Oak Judith Oak I I Keston Oak 35 I King Oak , Description. King Oak King Oak 56 j Larder Oak 38 Major Oak 39 ] Meavy Oak Merton Oak Moocas Oak 42 Nettlecombe Oak Windsor Park. Now a mere stump. Bears the following inscription from The Merry Wives:— "There is an old tale goes that Heme the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest, Doth all the winter time at still midnight Walk round about this ; See "Yardley ; This is the tree im- mortalised by Cowper. See pages 8
. The book of the English oak. Oak; Trees. INDEX TO MAP OF ENGLISH OAKS 193 No. on Heme's Oak Judith Oak I I Keston Oak 35 I King Oak , Description. King Oak King Oak 56 j Larder Oak 38 Major Oak 39 ] Meavy Oak Merton Oak Moocas Oak 42 Nettlecombe Oak Windsor Park. Now a mere stump. Bears the following inscription from The Merry Wives:— "There is an old tale goes that Heme the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest, Doth all the winter time at still midnight Walk round about this ; See "Yardley ; This is the tree im- mortalised by Cowper. See pages 85 and 144. Called "Judith," in memory of one of William the Conqueror's children, but why I have not been able to leam. See ''Abolition ; New Forest, near Lyndhurst. This, with the adjacent Queen Oak, is fast decajnng. See page 85. Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, 5 miles south- east of Marlborough. Tilford, Surrey, about 40 miles south-west of London Bridge. A noble lofty oak, a little past its prime. Stands on pleasant green near Tilford Bridge. See "Shambles ; Sherwood Forest, near Edwinstowe. Hollow trunk, with a girth of about 37 ft. 6 in. at 4 ft. above the ground. See pages 58 and 116. Meavy, 5 miles north of Plymouth, on borders of Dartmoor. Hollow oak of con- siderable size. Erroneously supposed to have sheltered Charles Stuart after his Worcester flight. Norfolk, 10 miles north of Thetford and 12 miles north-west of Attleborough. This oak fell in January 1892. It then measured 23 ft. 4 in. girth at 6 ft. above the ground, and was hollow. 12 miles north-west of Hereford, near the banks of the Wye. Nettlecombe Court, Somerset, 4 miles south of Watchet. 13. 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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