Rather than risk life and limb in trying to get to the central reservation, we have borrowed a photograph. The latin name Quercus Robur translates as 'hardy oak'. The cultivar 'Fastigiata' is different from the rest of the group in that it only grows to between ten and fifteen metres high. We are unable to determine any symbolic link between this tree and Lionism.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Cypress Oak
{Beside a badge with the text: ' L Lions International, We Serve' Cypress Oak...
Founded originally as "The Horticultural Society of London" by seven friends including Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Charles Greville (Emma Hamilton's lover) John Wedgwood (the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwoo...
"The objects of The Kensington Society are to preserve and improve the amenities of Kensington for the public benefit by stimulating interest in its history and records, promoting good architecture...
Covered over in 1750 but still running, underground from Hampstead to Westminster. One of its sources is at Shepherd's Well. Diamond Geezer has tracked the entire course. LondonMyLondon shows it,...
The two plaques face each other, on the inside walls of the arcade. The Castle Baynard tree is the one to the right in the photo. 2019: ...
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. The plaque gives him "M.L.S.B." after his name but we don't recognise the qualification.
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