Survivors of the ancient Jed Forest

Next week, when I am in the Scottish Borders with family, I hope to visit these ancient trees:

1859, Ordnance Survey map:


Ordnance Survey Book:


King of the Woods [as described in the 1859 Ordnance Survey Book]:


The Crooked Family  [as described in the 1859 Ordnance Survey Book]:



Trove archive:


Trove archive:


Trove archive:


28 June 1885,Jedburgh Gazette:


12 January 1889 , Roxburgh Gazette:


27 November 1908, Jedburgh Gazette:


2 October 1922, Scotsman:


The Capon Tree:


27 October 1939, Newcastle Journal:


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