From an Alms House Charity Trustee (June 2020): In 1974 the “Baggs Tree”, which was an Elm somewhere in the region of 250 years old, was felled. The reason for this was that a tree preservation officer was concerned about it being a possible infective source for Dutch Elm Disease although the tree itself was […]
Bagg’s (or Bag’s) Tree
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