92 CATALOGUE OF REMARKABLE TEEES 



SOURMIRES, QUARTER-MILE W. OF BRADLEY, IN PARISH OF 



RYTON. 



Ash, 30 or 40 yards S.E. of Earm House. Girth at a height of 

 5 feet, 16 feet 1 inch: spread of branches, 24 yards: 

 height, 53 feet. 

 A healthy tree ; bole ten or twelve feet high, and then branches 



off ; seems at an early period to have lost its top. — {Oct. 9, 1872, 



G. C. Atkinson.) 



SPITAL, NEAR HEXHAM. 



Oak, in Grass Field, |-mile "W. of House. Girth at a height 



of 1 foot, 21 feet 6 inches : spread of branches, 18 yards: 



height, 33 feet. 



A fine tree, which begins to branch into three massive branches, 



almost from the ground ; twenty-one feet six inches is therefore 



more than its girth ought to be ; but it is a noble old tree ; its 



largest branch is thirteen feet one inch in girth at five feet from 



the ground; decaying fast. — (Oct. 3, 1872, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Elm, about 200 yards E. of House. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 14 feet 8 inches: spread of branches, 19 yards: height, 

 30 feet. 

 An odd-looking dumpy tree; bole about six feet high, and 



then small upright branches. Looks like a pollard tree, probably 



from having lost its head long ago. — (Ibid.) 



Elm, in wall of Turnpike-road, !N. of House, a few yards E. of 

 first milestone from Hexham. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 13 feet 9 inches : spread of branches, 15 yards : height, 



39 feet. 



A handsome healthy tree. — (Ibid.) 



Walnut, 100 yards E. of House. Girth at a height of 1 foot 6 

 inches, 15 feet: spread of branches, 22 yards: height, 



40 feet. 



A healthy tree, which bears well, and in fine seasons ripens 

 its nuts. — (Ibid.) 



Lime (third of a row), on E. of House and 50 yards from it. 

 Girth at a height of 5 feet, 1 1 feet 3 inches : spread of 

 branches, 20 yards : height, 59 feet. 



