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Golden Oak, Storrs
locality:-   Storrs
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tree
locality type:-   oak
coordinates:-   SD40009514
1Km square:-   SD4095
10Km square:-   SD49
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 15) 
placename:-  Golden Oak, The
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"The Golden Oak"

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Golden Oak
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
image
CT9SD49C.jpg
"Golden Oak"
tree 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
Image © see bottom of page

notes:-  
Oak, Quercus sp.

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