Oldest/biggest tree in leeds

keyholekate · Post by **keyholekate** » Thu 14 Oct, 2010 11:50 pm

mourning_belle wrote: Just wondering if people had any idea on where the oldest trees in leeds might be? Or failing that, rare/unusual/fateful trees! Sweet Chestnut, Temple Newsam, LeedsThought to be 350 years old. The surviving one of a pair planted at the same time. Until October 2002 this was thought to be the oldest tree on Leeds City Council property

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Sat 16 Oct, 2010 12:12 am

If you are looking for unusual trees,there is a strange one in the cemetery of Otley Parish Church. a type no one who has seen it has identified yet.It is just behind the church on the right as you look at the church.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 16 Oct, 2010 4:12 pm

buffaloskinner wrote: The Shire Oak at Headingley.The Shire oak was the meeting place of the local Saxon Wapentake and finally collapsed in May 1941, you dont get much more unusual that this one.taken from Leodis If anyone doubts that the YEP are harvesting their ideas from this website, have a look at the Yorkshire Diary in todays episode. Either that or it's a heck of a co-incidence....