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


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

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





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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