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It is not known when this Sessile oak was given its name but judging from its form it must have been some time after the Croft family, who owned the land 1000 years ago, stopped pollarding oaks to produce firewood. With the push for timber following WWI, the estate rented out 129ha of wood pasture to the Forestry Commission. In their desire to produce good quality plantations, the Commission ring-barked all the veteran oaks on this wood pasture (many of the stumps can still be seen) and planted Douglas Fir and some Western Hemlock. The family retained a small compartment of 11 acres of the wood pasture and it is in this area where the Candelabra oak is growing. It is one of 38 oaks which can be located exactly by broadleaved tree icons on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey printed in 1902 for this area; most of these can be physically located today either as living trees or as dead hulks. At 9.1m girth at 1.5m or 7.89m at 1.3m the Candelabra Oak is the largest oak in this 11 acre area.

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It is not known when this Sessile oak was given its name but judging from its form it must have been some time after the Croft family, who owned the land 1000 years ago, stopped pollarding oaks to produce firewood. With the push for timber following WWI, the estate rented out 129ha of wood pasture to the Forestry Commission. In their desire to produce good quality plantations, the Commission ring-barked all the veteran oaks on this wood pasture (many of the stumps can still be seen) and planted Douglas Fir and some Western Hemlock. The family retained a small compartment of 11 acres of the wood pasture and it is in this area where the Candelabra oak is growing. It is one of 38 oaks which can be located exactly by broadleaved tree icons on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey printed in 1902 for this area; most of these can be physically located today either as living trees or as dead hulks. At 9.1m girth at 1.5m or 7.89m at 1.3m the Candelabra Oak is the largest oak in this 11 acre area.

About the tree

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Species:

Sessile oakQuercus petraea

Form:

Pollard lapsed

Standing or fallen:

Standing

Living status:

Alive

Girth:

7.89m at a height of 1.30m History

Veteran status:

Ancient tree

Location of tree

County:

Herefordshire

Country:

England

Grid reference:

SO4472066310

Public accessibility:

Public - restricted access (e.g. National Trust property)

Surroundings:

Wood Pasture