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White Hart Tree, Brougham
White Hart Tree
site name:-   Whinfell Forest
civil parish:-   Brougham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tree
1Km square:-   NY5528 (?) 
10Km square:-   NY52

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  White Hart Tree
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P170, button  goto source
Page 170:-  "..."
"... In Whinfield-park are ... the White-hart tree, and the Three-brothers' tree; ..."
image WS21P171, button  goto source
Page 171:-  "... the trees are the remains of large aged oaks, that have long out-lived their own strength. One of them is upwards of nine yards in circumference."

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