Ash tree - Coach Lane, Rothamsted Farm 3/12/1972, with view across Rothamsted Park and the swimming pool in the distance
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Avenue of limes - Rothamsted Estate - 5/12/1974
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Sycamore in Rothamsted Park - 19/1/1974
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Oak trees in Rothamsted Park - 23/11/78
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Lime Avenue - Rothamsted Park - Nov 1981
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Lime Avenue - Rothamsted Park, looking NE - Feb 1960
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Lime Avenue Rothamsted Park - 5/11/1976
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Lime Avenue, Rothamsted Park in the great freeze -19/1/1963
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Chestnut in front of the Public Halls and copper beech in front of Harpenden Hall - 5/6/1980
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Beech at Harpenden Hall - 5/6/1980
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Old elm near 61 High Street - Feb 1978
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Elm outside Sainsbury's - Nov 1977
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5 old elms in Lower High Street looking south - Nov 1977
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Old elm on concourse - Jan 1978
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Elms Lower High Street - Nov 1977
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Old elms on the High Street greens near Thompsons Close - Nov 1977
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Old elms on lower High Street - Nov 1977
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Old elms in High Street - Nov 1977
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Harpenden Arms with chestnut - Nov 1977
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Leyton Green with Wellington House - Nov 1977
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Maples on Leyton Green - 17/10/1970
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Maples on Leyton Green - Nov 1977. The elm tree on the left was patched up with concrete!
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Harpenden is a particularly ‘leafy’ town. The Baa Lamb trees on the common are a landmark, and much of the High Street is obscured by trees – notably the early-blooming horse chestnuts at the southern end. Huge elm trees lined the Lower High Street, along the banks of an intermittent stream which was enclosed in the drainage scheme of the 1920s. The elms succumbed to Dutch Elm disease, and have been replaced mainly by maples. The avenue of lime trees through Rothamsted Park and on through the Rothamsted estate to the Manor was planted in 1880, replacing the earlier ‘Coach Lane’ from the Manor to the southern end of Leyton Road.
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Hi, my dad Michael Cleary lived and worked in Harpenden in the 1950s. One building site in town had a tree, and the instructions were that the tree was not to be damaged. One of the workmen banged into this tree accidentally with a dumper, which resulted in a fence being placed around the tree. We have just been over to visit Harpenden after 57 years back in Ireland, and yes the tree is still there, healthy and strong.
Ed. Christy tells us the tree is behind the shops and flats on the west of Church Green
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