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Category Archives: Trees
The Maypole Tree, Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire
Maypole & Ritual Tree (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TL 18831 62757 Getting Here The road layout of the village has changed since the destruction of the Tree, but its approximate position was on the north side of the present High … Continue reading
Posted in England (south), Huntingdonshire, Maypoles, Sacred Nature, Trees
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Beltane, customs, England, english heritage, folklore, Heathenism, heathens, Huntingdonshire, Little Paxton, Mayday, maypoles, medieval history, paganism, ritual dance, sacred sites, St. Neots, traditions, Trees
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Adam’s Oak, Brierley, South Yorkshire
Legendary Tree: OS Grid Reference – SE 4280 1015 Also Known as: Adam & Eve’s Oak Wind-gap Oak Archaeology & History Highlighted on the 1854 Ordnance Survey map close to the township boundary line as Adam & Eve’s Oak, between … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Trees, Yorkshire, South
Tagged animism, antiquities, Brierley, creation myths, Elmet, folk-lore, folklore, history, legends, myth, oaks, paganism, South Kirkby, South Yorkshire, Stone Circles, Trees
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Trysting Tree, Harthill, South Yorkshire
Legendary Tree (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SK 508 824? Folklore This was one of the many sacred trees beneath or next to which, in pre-christian days, tribal councils met. It’s whereabouts has long since been forgotten, but local historian … Continue reading
Druid’s Oak, Caton, Lancashire
Legendary Tree: OS Grid Reference — SD 5297 6467 Also Known as: Caton Oak Fish Stones Oak Getting Here Dead easy! Near the western end of Caton village, right on the edge of the main road (A683) running through the village … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Lancashire, Trees
Tagged animism, Brookhouse, Caton, Caton-with-Littledale, druidic, druidism, druids, England, english heritage, folklore, heathen, Lancashire, market cross, monks, moots, oaks, paganism, polytheism, sacred site, sacred trees, traditions
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Fair Haia, Carlton, West Yorkshire
Legendary Tree (destroyed?): OS Grid Reference – SE 614270 Getting Here From Carlton, take the western Hirst Road to Temple Hirst village, then turn right once you’re in the village and go up Common Lane up for about a mile. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Trees, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquities, Archaeology, Camblesforth, Carlton, Drax, folk-lore, folklore, history, legends, oaks, sacred trees, Selby, Temple Hirst, Trees, West Yorkshire
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