or wych hazel, Ulmus folio latissimo scabro, of Ray, 

 which, though it had lost a considerable leading 

 bough, equal to a moderate tree, in the great storm 

 in the year 1703, yet, when felled, contained eight 

 loads of timber ; and being too bulky for carriage, was 

 sawn off at seven feet above the butt, where it meas- 

 ured near eight feet in the diameter. This elm I 

 mention to show to what a bulk planted elms may 

 attain ; as this tree must certainly have been such 

 from its situation. 



In the centre of the village, and near the church, 

 is a square piece of ground surrounded by houses, 



The Plestor. 



and vulgarly called the Plestor. In the midst of this 

 spot stood, in old times, a vast oak, with a short 



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