Maldon - Cemetery (Essex)
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Maldon - Cemetery (Essex) |
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 Tree No. 1 - Giant Redwood December 2007 |
 Tree No. 3 - Giant Redwood December 2007 |
| There are three large Wellingtonia in the Maldon cemetery, just off the London Road. There were four until some time ago when one succumbed to a lightning strike, as can be seen in the picture below, supplied by Mick the gardener. Sadly it eventually had to be cut down. It looks as if they may originally have been planted in the four corners of the cemetery, although the cemetery has grown somewhat since then! While they are all good examples, one is a particularly fine specimen, and makes a rather superb picture with the old house beside it. This can be seen in the first picture above. |
 Giant Redwood - Lightning strike |
 Tree No. 5 - Coast Redwood April 2006 |
 Tree No. 6 - Dawn Redwood April 2006 |
| In December 2005 there were some additions to the cemetery; a Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum), a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and a Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). I know this because they were planted by me! |
 Tree No. 4 - Giant Redwood April 2006 |
 Tree No. 4 - Giant Redwood January 2009 |
 Tree No. 4 - Giant Redwood December 2016 |
 Tree No. 5 - Coast Redwood December 2016 |
 Tree No. 6 - Dawn Redwood December 2016 |
| In December 2016 the three young Redwoods were all over twentyone feet high and over twentyfour feet high in November 2019. |
 Tree No. 4 - Giant Redwood November 2019 |
 Tree No. 5 - Coast Redwood November 2019 |
 Tree No. 6 - Dawn Redwood November 2019 |
 Dawn Redwood Autumn foliage November 2019 |
 Trees No. 7-10 - Giant Redwood March 2017 |
| Strolling down to the natural burial ground (Woodland Glades) at the bottom end of the cemetery in 2017, we made an amazing discovery, there right under over very noses, four more young Giant Redwoods have been growing for the past few years! |
 Tree No. 7 - Giant Redwood November 2019 |
 Tree No. 8 - Giant Redwood November 2019 |
 Tree No. 9 - Giant Redwood November 2019 |
 Tree No. 10 - Giant Redwood November 2019 |
 Trees No. 1 and 2 - Giant Redwood October 2018 |
| I was very pleased to get the chance to take some photographs and movies of a couple of the larger Redwoods in Maldon Cemetery using a drone in October 2018 with my son Peter. The size of these Victorian-planted Redwoods in comparison to other trees seems even more apparent from up there! Movie 1 Movie 2 |
 Tree No. 1 - Giant Redwood October 2018 |
 Tree No. 1 - Giant Redwood October 2018 |
 Tree No. 1 - Giant Redwood October 2018 |
 Tree No. 1 - Giant Redwood October 2018 |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | |
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| Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
1 | N51.73165 E0.66290 |
N51.73115 E0.66461 |
TL 83987 07015 | 108ft (32.9m) |
22.3m 19.3m 17m |
3.64m 3.15m 2.96m |
November 2019 December 2007 March 2005 |
| 2 | N51.73163 E0.66398 |
N51.73113 E0.66569 |
TL 84062 07016 | 94ft (28.7m) |
28.5m 27.5m 26.35m 24m |
4.2m 3.92m 3.84m 3.72m |
November 2019 October 2009 December 2007 March 2005 |
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| 3 | N51.73069 E0.66429 |
N51.73019 E0.66600 |
TL 84087 06912 | 83ft (25.3m) |
22.9m 22m -- |
4.2m 4.05m 3.8m |
November 2019 December 2007 March 2005 |
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| 4 | N51.73116 E0.66147 |
N51.730663 E0.6632 |
TL 83891 06957 | 121ft (37m) |
9.1m 8.8m 7.6m 6.6m 5.25m 4.2m 3.6m 2.95m 1.95m 1.56m 0.89m |
1.1m 1.03m 0.94m 0.6m |
January 2022 January 2021 November 2019 December 2016 February 2015 November 2013 July 2012 July 2011 December 2008 December 2007 December 2005 |
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| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens |
5 | N51.73112 E0.66140 |
51.730623 E0.66311 |
TL 83886 06952 | 113ft (34.5m) |
10.2m 9.7m 8.5m 6.6m 3.3m 2.9m 2.16m 1.89m 1.22m |
0.95m 0.88m 0.76m 0.5m 0.17m |
January 2022 January 2021 November 2019 December 2016 July 2012 July 2011 December 2008 December 2007 December 2005 |
| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glytptostroboides |
6 | N51.73126 E0.66182 |
N51.73076 E0.66353 |
TL 83914 06969 | 105ft (32.1m) |
9.4m 9m 8.25m 6.7m 5.05m 4.05m 2.62m 2.27m 1.26m 0.95m |
0.55m 0.49m 0.42m 0.05m |
January 2022 January 2021 November 2019 December 2016 February 2015 November 2013 July 2012 July 2011 October 2008 December 2007 |
| Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
7 | N51.72964 E0.66210 |
N51.72914 E0.66378 |
TL 83938 06789 | -14ft (-4.27m) |
31.m 2.9m 2.6m |
0.25m 0.21m 0.15m |
January 2022 November 2019 April 2017 |
| 8 | N51.72968 E0.66202 |
N51.72918 E0.66370 |
TL 83933 06793 | -7ft (-2.13m) |
4.8m 4.3m 3.8m |
0.44m 0.38m 0.27m |
January 2022 November 2019 April 2017 |
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| 9 | N51.72976 E0.66196 |
N51.72926 E0.66364 |
TL 83928 06802 | -5ft (-1.52m) |
6.9m 5.9m 4.5m |
0.62m 0.51m 0.36m |
January 2022 November 2019 April 2017 |
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| 10 | N51.72987 E0.66187 |
N51.72937 E0.66355 |
TL 83922 06814 | 1ft (0.305m) |
5.6m 4.8m 3.9m |
0.46m 0.4m 0.3m |
January 2022 November 2019 April 2017 |
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| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | ||||||||