Tree Information: ID 63

• Species: Beech
  Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea' (Copper)
• Council: Epping Parish: Ongar
• Form: MaidenStatus:Notable
• Girth: 3.8m Height:20 PlusAge:1800-1850
• Context: Public Green Space
• TPO number: Veteran Tree No.:VT O009
• Grid Ref: TL 55333 03170
  
• Accessibility: Public - open access
• Nominator: Ongar Millennium History Society
• Date Entered: 04 Aug 2006
• Photograph©Date taken:

Reason for nomination:

• Everybody's favourite. The most commonly mentioned tree at the Ongar Millennium History Fayre held in April 1998. This beautiful tree is also provides one of the most specific links with Ongar's past. It was referred to in The Wilderness a psalm penned by the Rev E W Sergeant MA assistant master of Winchester College whilst a guest at the house (The Pleasance now demolished) from which the following is an extract beneath the shelter of the spreading beech, whose russet foliage soft and sumptuous breaks. The rich monotony of the zone of trees. Forest or fruitful, carelessly combined. Which shield the pleasance from the intemperate east" Taken from Chapter 31. Aspects of the History of Ongar, Landmark trees". Ongar Millennium History Society

Remarks & Tree condition:

• This tree stands in grounds of The Pleasance garden and carpark between Ongar Castle and Ongar Library on the High Street. One of Ongar's land mark trees.