70 CATALOGUE OF REMARKABLE TREES 



the best and most "W. Bole twelve feet, then branches. A fine 

 healthy tree.- — {May 2, 1873, G. 0. Atkinson.) 



Spanish Chestnut, 100 yards S.W. of Hall. Girth at a height 

 of 5 feet, 10 feet 5 inches: spread of branches, 18 yards: 

 height, 87 feet. 

 A very straight fine tree, in full vigour. — (Ibid.) 



Birch, in E. end of " Oak Wood." Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 6 feet 3 inches : spread of branches, 16 yards : height, 52 

 feet. 

 Bole eight feet, then heavy branches. — (Ibid.) 



Portugal Laurel, on Lavm, 40 yards W. of Hall Girth at a 

 height of 4 inches, 7 feet 3 inches : spread of branches, 

 13 yards : height, 43 feet. 

 A splendid shrub, in full vigour. Planted about 1826. — 

 (Ibid.) 



BELLINGHAM CHURCH YARD. 



Yew. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 15 feet 5 inches: spread of 

 branches, 15 yards: height, 25 feet. 

 Do. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 14 feet 3 inches : spread of 



branches, 12 yards : height, 30 feet. 

 Do. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 12 feet 6 inches: spread of 



branches, 12 yards: height, 30 feet. 

 Hollow inside ; age unknown. 



An aged person told J. Pearson he had heard his father say he 

 had got his dinner inside one of the yews in his school days, 

 which must have been one hundred and ten years ago. — (J. Pear- 

 son, bailiff to Mrs. Davidson of Ridley Sail. 



BELLISTER CASTLE. 



Sycamore, growing almost out of the rent wall of the old Castle. 

 Girth at a height of 5 feet, 12 feet 10 inches : spread of 

 branches, 30 yards : height of tree, 51 feet. 

 A very healthy picturesque tree in full vigour. — (April 30, 

 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



BELSAY. 



Oak (the finest on the property), about 500 yards S.E. of House. 



