158 CATALOGUE OF REMARKABLE TREES 



about 2 feet 6 inches. It is about twenty years old. — 

 (Aprils, 1874, G. C. Atkinson.) 



HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING RECTORY. 



Thorn. ''Bernard Gilpin's." In the Rectory Garden, 20 yards 

 JST. of the W. end of the House, grows an old Thorn 

 tree, which has been carefully tended for several genera- 

 tions ; the iron straps and bands which support it having 

 in many places become completely grown over by the 

 wood. Its girth, on leaving the ground, is 11 feet 9 

 inches : it at once divides into four large limbs, which 

 spread away from each other, and are clamped and bound 

 together with iron straps and chains. The spread is 

 15 yards : height, 27 feet. At the surface of the ground 

 the four branches have parted entirely from each other, 

 leaving an oval space on the ground of 22 inches by 

 12 inches. The -N". branch, at 1 foot from the ground, 

 is 5 feet 4 inches in girth; the next, 3 feet 10 inches; 

 the S.E., 4 feet 10 inches; and the N.E., 3 feet 6 inches. 

 It is a princely Thorn, and decaying fast. — (April 6, 

 1874, G. C. Atkinson.) 



ELEMORE. 



There is a good deal of wood about Elemore Hall, mostly Beech, 

 and some of it large. One of the finest trees, 150 yards 

 N.E. from the House, is 1 1 feet 6 inches in girth, and 68^ 

 feet in height. — (April 6, 1874, G. C. Atkinson.) 



GIBSIDE. 



Oak. " The King." A very grand tree ; grows in the ravine, 

 100 yards E. from the House. Girth, 15 feet 1 inch: 

 height, 103 feet : bole, 55 feet of clean stem, and then a 

 few moderate branches. It is a noble tree, containing a 

 great deal of capital timber. Several other fine Oaks 

 grow near it. 

 The tree stands on sloping ground, and the mean surface level 



is midway between the highest and lowest. This noble tree is 



