Hatfield Broad Oak - Barrington Hall (Essex)
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Hatfield Broad Oak - Barrington Hall (Essex) |
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 1. near the entrance |
 2. in field |
 3. sparse |
 1. near the entrance |
 2. in field |
 Acers |
 A Broad Oak |
 4. near lake |
 6. out of reach! |
| Most of the parish of Hatfield was owned by the Barringtons in the 18th century. A new quintessentially English Barrington Hall was built at this time and was enclosed in a park. In 1981 the main hall was acquired by a company called CPL Aromas Ltd and a representative was very happy to allow measurements of the surrounding trees to be taken, as are most owners of Redwood trees. Sadly, on very rare occassions I encounter some who are not as keen to have their trees documented for posterity. This is was the case with the last three trees on the estate, which sit in the garden of a house on an adjacent section of the land that was obviously sold for residential use. |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | Notes | |
| WGS84 | OSGB36 | ||||||||
| Giant Redwood, Giant Sequoia, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
1 | N51.83800 E0.25183 |
N51.83752 E0.25349 |
TL 55239 17885 | 307ft (93.6m) |
30.6m | 5.54m | July 2008 | near entrance |
| 2 | N51.83647 E0.24730 |
N51.83817 E0.24896 |
TL 54924 17948 | 296ft (90.24m) |
28.4m | 5.18m | July 2008 | in field | |
| 3 | N51.83562 E0.24668 |
N51.83514 E0.24834 |
TL 54892 17610 | 295ft (89.94m) |
33.5m | 6.52m | July 2008 | sparse | |
| 4 | N51.83470 E0.24630 |
N51.83422 E0.24796 |
TL 54869 17506 | 283ft (86.28m) |
29.3m | 5.28m | July 2008 | near lake (W) | |
| 5 | N51.83464 E0.24810 |
N51.83416 E0.24976 |
TL 54993 17504 | 279ft (85.06m) |
28.3m | 6.45m | July 2008 | near lake (E) | |
| 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | in adjacent garden | |
| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens |
7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | in adjacent garden |
| 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | in adjacent garden | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | |||||||||