Tree Information: ID 3186

The Debden Estate was a post war development which took place between 1945 and 1955. In so doing the landscape of Loughton was transformed for ever, but the planners did see fit to keep some of the old trees and these are the trees we are recording today. Looking at the 1880 OS maps it is clear that these impressive survivors were hedgerow trees in a landscpae of small fields. Interestingly an extract from A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4: Ongar Hundred dated 1956 states “Planning has preserved some of the rural landscape at Debden. Both here and in the old town open spaces and many fine trees survive from Loughton's village days.” Today this tree stands as a significant street tree beside Pyrles Lane.