OAK TREE, 



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from one extremity to the other, a hundred and eighty 

 feet. 



Another, measuring but half this width, is remarkable 

 for uniting under its shade the counties of York, Derby, 

 and Nottingham, whence it is called Shire Oak. 



The Cowthorpe Oak, in Yorkshire, of which there are 

 prints in Hunters Evel^Ti, was eighty-five feet high, and 

 the trunk seventy- eight feet round. 



The Boddington Oak, in the Vale of Gloucester, mea- 

 sured fifty-four feet in the circumference of the trvmk. 



An Oak in Shropsliire measured sixty-eight feet 

 round, and one inWelbeck Pai'k, Nottinghamshire, called 

 the Duke's Walking-stick, was a hundred and ele\en 

 feet high. 



The Greendale Oak, in Nottinghamshire, of which 

 there are several views in Hunter's Evelyn, v/as eighty- 

 eight feet high, the trunk thirty-three feet one inch 

 round ; and it was, when measured, above seven hundred 

 years old. Carriages have been driven through the 

 hollow trunk of this tree, but it is now fenced round by 

 the care of the Duke of Portland, to protect it from the 

 ravages of wanton or curious visiters. 



At Fahlop, in Essex, grew an Oak, of which the trunk 

 measured thirty -six feet round, the circumference of the 

 boughs at their extent was three hundred feet. It was 

 a custom for the blockmakers of Wapping to hold an 

 annual meeting under its shade on the first Friday in 

 July, which festival was founded by Mr. Daniel Day, 

 a blockmaker of that place, who always dined under 

 it on that day with a select party of friends. The 

 \asitants proceeded there in boats, placed on carriages, 

 and ornamented with flags, which collecting much idle 

 rabble, this oak is now cut down, and the pulpit and 



