402 TKANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF 'ill E [Wehs. Lxvii. 



1829. Oct. A cor. of J. C. Loudon raeasure.s — 



Lengtli of largest living branch, about . . . . 48 ft. 



Girtli of branch 3 ft. from bole 8U't. 



Brancli supported by 3 props which rested on .stone pedestals. 



Height of tree, including dead branch . . . . 56 ft. 



Diameter of cavity on ground . . . . . 9 ft. 10 in. 

 Branch torn away by storm in 1722. 



1834. Lauder says the main branch was rent away by a storm in 1718. 



1842. Charles Empson'.s measurements- 

 Girth on ground .... 

 ,, 1 ft. above ground 

 ,, 3 ft. ,, 



„ 4 ft. 

 „ f)ft. 



,, 8^ ft. ,, and close under the gr 

 Length of main branch 

 Girth of ,, close to trunk . 



,, ,, 3 it. from trunk 



9 ft. 

 17 ft. 

 Height of tree, including dead wood . 



,, without ,, 



Length of second principal brancli 

 Girth ,, ,, 8 ft. 



Diameter of cavity on ground 

 Average diameter 8 ft. above ground . 

 12 ft. 



Soil — deep rich loam on fine clay. 

 Prof. Burnett's estimate of age, 1600 years. 



1853. Grigor, in his "Arboriculture," says: "Cattle enter the cavity 

 for shade and shelter ;" hence it appears there were no palings round the tree 

 then. 



1879. Rev. THOMAS White, Rector of Cowthorpe for thirty-five years, 

 says : " I think the venerable tree has shrunk very much in my time." 



1883. A cor. of " Notes and Queries " says : " The tree bears acorns." 

 Girth on ground . . . . . . . . . 53 ft. 



,, 3 ft. above ground 44^ ft. 



1888. H. Crosslet, of Wetherby, says ; 

 has shrunk somewhat during recent years." 



' The consequence is that the tree 



1893. John Clayton's measurements — 



Girth on ground 



,, 3 ft. above ground 

 „ 5i tt. _ „ ... 



Length of main branch 

 Girth of branch 2 ft. from bole . 



5 ft. 

 Distance of underside of l)ranch from the 



the bole 



Ditto 6 ft. away from the bole 

 Diameter of cavity on ground 



, , 2 ft. above ground 



5 ft. 

 Opening into cavity, west side on ground 

 Ditto 4 ft. above ground 

 Ditto 6 ft. ,, ... 



Opening into cavity, south side, circular in shape, and 



4 ft. diameter. 

 Height of tree, including dead wood . . . . 



11 ft. 1 in 



54 ft. 3 in. 

 . 44 ft. 

 36 ft. 10^ in. 

 . 33h ft. 

 9 ft. 9 in. 

 8 ft. 9 in. 



7 ft. 3 in. 



7 ft. 8 in. 



13 ft. X 9 ft. 



X 8 ft. 7 in. 



10^ ft. X 7-^ ft. 



6 ft. wide. 



. 3i ft. wide. 



3 ft. wide. 



37 ft. 



The tree is supported by 25 props, disposed mostly on the south and east 

 sides. There is a paling round the tree about 5 ft. high. It seems as if it had 

 been put up from twenty to forty years ago. 



