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A fine ruin (nothing but a stump being left) of a tree said to 

 have been planted by the Eev. E. Ekyns, who held the living fifty 

 years, and was succeeded by the Hon. and Eev. E. E. Grey, who 

 has held it thirty years ; therefore the tree must be about eighty 

 years old. It still throws out a good deal of green from the top 

 of the stump. The bole is about seven feet high. — {May 14, 

 1873, 67. C. Atkinson.) 



Sycamoee, in Eectory Garden, 80 yards E. of House. Girth at 

 a height of 3 feet, 13 feet 7 inches: spread of branches, 

 about 18 yards : height, about 55 feet 6 inches. 

 A very handsome healthy tree. — (Ibid). 



NETHERWITTON. 



Oak, " The King," about 700 yards K from Village Church and 



90 jS". from Mill Dam. Girth at a height of 4 feet on E. 



and 6 feet on "W., 12 feet 11 inches : spread of branches, 



fair : height, 82 feet. 



A very handsome tree, with long straight bole for half its 



height; beginning to decay. — (May 8, 1873, 67. C. Atkinson.) 



Oak, "The Queen," 50 yards E.KE. from "The King," but 

 not so fine a tree. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 10 feet 11 

 inches : spread of branches, fair : height, 78 feet. 

 Clean straight bole for about thirty feet; also decaying. — 



(Ibid.) 



Scotch Fie (one of four in Old Park Wood), £-mile S.E. of 



Church and 50 yards S. of Pont Burn. Girth at a height 



of 5 feet, 10 feet 5 inches : spread of branches, 16 yards: 



height, 43 feet. 



Bole rises for twenty feet, then a heavy limb on "W. side, 



growing pretty upright, and then some large ones on E. side. — 



(Ibid.) 



Sycamoee, close on E. side of Mill Eace, 50 yards JS T . of Manu- 

 factory. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 16 feet 5 inches: 

 spread of branches, 20 yards : height, 59 feet. 

 An exceedingly handsome healthy tree; bole six feet, and 



then divides into wide spreading arms. — (Ibid.) 



