Tortworth

Tortworth

Tortworth is a village near Thornbury in South Gloucestershire, England. It is noted for a huge and ancient chestnut tree, believed to be over 1000 years old. The tree, in St. Leonard's churchyard, looks like a small wood because many branches of the main trunk have taken root.

Boundary records compiled in the reign of John already shown the "Great Chestnut of Tortworth" in South Gloucestershire, as a landmark; and it was also known by the same name in the days of Stephen. This tree measured over 50 feet in circumference at 5 feet from the ground in 1720. [http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/cheswe59.html Sweet Chestnut] Botanical.com – A modern herbal, by Mrs. M. Grieve.]

External links

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/48028479@N00/128320486/ Tortworth Chestnut on Flickr]
* [http://www.tortworth.com/ Tortworth village website]
* [http://www.kew.org.uk/newviews/adventures/tree_chestnut2.shtml Kew Gardens - brief article about the chestnut tree]


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