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Shakespeare's Oak, Kendal
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Shakespeare's Oak
locality:-   Kendal Green
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tree
locality type:-   oak
locality type:-   fungus
coordinates:-   SD511936 (about) 
1Km square:-   SD5193
10Km square:-   SD59

references:-  
Planted to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birthday of William Shakespeare, on the 23rd, 25 April 1864.
It was felled in 2009, being attacked by a fungus. The trunk is installed in a nearby school playground.

Richardson, Keith: 2011: Jack's Yak: River Greta Writer (Keswick, Cumbria):: ISBN 978 0 9559640 2 2

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