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At six feet from the ground it is twenty-three 

 feet in circumference; at halfway up the 

 trunk it is twenty-one feet in circumference ; 

 the length of the trunk is twenty-four yards ; 

 the lower branch, extending from the trunk, 

 is eight feet in circumference, and contains 

 forty-eight feet of timber ; the upper branches 

 contain fifty feet of timber; thus it is esti- 

 mated to contain. ' fifteen loads of timber.' " 



This tree stands on the margin of the brook 

 which flows through Ditchingham Park, which 

 is feeder to its fine and highly ornamental 

 sheet of water. At three a.m. on the morn- 

 ing of Sunday, the 7th of October, 1842, a 

 terrific storm or hurricane of wind sped its 

 destructive course with awful force and roar 

 from the west towards the church and neigh- 

 bouring dwellings at Hedenham, in Norfolk. 

 Providentially it was not of more than a 

 quarter of an hour or twenty minutes' dura- 

 tion. During its prevalence, by its velocity 

 and strength, it carried off the tops of a large 



