Tag: churchyard

The Buckland Yew – Dover’s ancient tree

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 7 January, 2012
6 Comments on The Buckland Yew – Dover’s ancient tree

Marooned in the midst of a Victorian industrial landscape in an unlikely corner of Dover – the famous, unassuming town where I grew up – is an ancient European Yew tree (Taxus baccata). It lies in the valley of the river Dour (pronounced ‘doer’) from which the town takes its name. This name has a […]

Tags buckland, church, churchyard, dour, dover, european yew, flint church, gothic, industry, river dour, st. andrews, taxus, taxus baccata, Victorian, welsh word, yew, yew tree

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Old St. Pancras’ Hardy Tree

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 1 December, 2011
13 Comments on Old St. Pancras’ Hardy Tree

The Hardy Tree, an Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) surrounded by gravestones, Old St. Pancras churchyard, London — Fraxinus Excelsior: The Hardy Ash Tree forms the focal point of Thomas' visionary tombstone wheel

The graveyard of Old St. Pancras church is full of interest: tucked away behind the station, it contains several things worth missing a train for, not least some venerable old trees. The churchyard has survived much as it must have appeared in the mid 19th century when the last significant alterations were made. Its architectural […]

Tags ash tree, churchyard, fraxinus, fraxinus excelsior, Georgian architecture, london, platanus, platanus x acerifolia, sir john soane, St. Pancras, the hardy tree, thomas hardy, Victorian