Monument record HFD 010 - Queen's Oak or Queen Elizabeth's Oak

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Summary

Queen Elizabeth's Oak.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3438 7420 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM37SW
Civil Parish HUNTINGFIELD, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Queen Elizabeth's Oak.
Alleged to have been used as a vantage point while deer hunting by Queen Elizabeth I, on a visit to her cousin, Lord Hunsdon at Huntingfield. In about 1782, the trunk was 11 yards in circumference at a height of 7 feet and was drawn by Thomas Hearne for Sir Gerard Vanneck of Heveningham Hall (S1).

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> (No record type): Davy, C.. Letter by Rev C Davy printed in The East Anglian, 4, Apr 1814, 159-160.
  • <S2> (No record type): Wodderspoon J, Historic Sites of Suffolk, Ipswich 1841, 289-291.
  • <S3> (No record type): Page A, A Supplement to the Suffolk Traveller, London 1844, 243.
  • <S3> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <S4> Source Unchecked: RCHME?. Various. Field Investigators Comments. F1 JRL 08-MAY-74.
  • <S5> Personal Correspondence: Various. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comment. Mrs Peel Huntingfield Hall Huntingfield.

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2021 5:49PM

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