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| site name:- |
Helm, The |
| civil parish:- |
Stainton (formerly Westmorland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
tree |
| locality type:- |
sycamore |
| 1Km square:- |
SD5388 (?) |
| 10Km square:- |
SD58 |
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Local tradition says that you must pick up a pebble, spit on it, push it into the
drystone wall near the tree, and make a wish; you must not look back as you walk away.
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The 250 year old sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus, was felled, 1992.
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Bradshaw, Amy: 1991 (after): Ancient Interesting and Unusual Trees of Cumbria: Cumbria
Broadleaves (Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9524961 0 0
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