| Survey data | |
|---|---|
| Surveyed by: Anna Cooper | Surveyed on: 9th July 2012 |
| Number of trees: 1 | |
| Girth: 8.26m (measured at 2.0m) | |
| Tree form: Maiden | |
| Dead or alive: Alive | |
| Standing/fallen: Upright | |
| Access: Public - open access (e.g. public park, churchyard, etc) | |
This tree's story
This tree may have been there before the church ,which was mentioned in the doomsday book in 1086,was built as it must have been quite big in the 1100’s,when former archbishop of canterbury thomas a becket preached a famous sermon under its branches.After he was assasinated and was declared a saint the church was reconsecrated to him.
Signs of animal life
- bird nest box
Additional comments
The very large tree has become completely hollow and rotted away in the centre,you could stand inside.It is a shell really but branches are growing from the trunk all around the edges.i measured about 2 foot up where most of the branches started.t