Tree

850th anniversary and Plant a Tree Year

Inscription

Taxus baccata (English yew) planted by the Rt. Revd. Bishop R. W. Stannard, Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the foundation of the Priory and hospital of St Bartholomew in Smithfield and 1973 Plant a Tree Year. Presented by the Worshipful Company of Gardeners.

Site: St Bartholomew's 3 trees (3 memorials)

EC1, Cloth Fair, St Bartholomew the Great graveyard

The millennium tree (in 2008 still a sapling) is in front of the half-timbered wall. The two yews commemorating the 850th anniversary are to the left; only one of them appears in the picture.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
850th anniversary and Plant a Tree Year

Subjects commemorated i

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
850th anniversary and Plant a Tree Year

Created by i

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
850th anniversary and Plant a Tree Year

Also at this site i

850th anniversary

850th anniversary

Taxus baccata (English yew) planted by the Revd. Dr. N. J. Wallbank, Rector a...

Read More

Millennium tree - EC1

Millennium tree - EC1

This flowering Malus tree "John Downie" was planted on the 19th January 2000 ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Royal Canadian Air Force  - WW2 HQ, Tree, 1998

Royal Canadian Air Force - WW2 HQ, Tree, 1998

WC1, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 20 - 28

This is now a 3-part memorial: a building to the north of Lincoln's Inn Fields and, in the public gardens, a small monument and a tree, a...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Holocaust tree - Kingston

Holocaust tree - Kingston

KT1, Union Street, Memorial Gardens

This tree was planted on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kingston and the Kingston Inter Faith Forum to commemorate all those who suffered...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
John Carswell

John Carswell

NW3, Church Row

This tree was planted by the Heath and Old Hampstead Society in its Centenary Year in memory of John Carswell (1918 - 1997) former chairm...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Norwood Grove tree 2 - MacDonald

Norwood Grove tree 2 - MacDonald

SW16, Norwood Grove, garden

The RHS describe this type of tree as: "A handsome pyramid shaped conifer".

2 creators
Sir Edward Muir

Sir Edward Muir

WC2, Lincoln's Inn Fields

This Silver Maple tree (Acer saccharinum) was planted in 1973 in memory of Sir Edward Muir (1906 - 1973) President of the Royal College o...

1 subject commemorated