Tree

850th anniversary

Erection date: 1973

Inscription

Taxus baccata (English yew) planted by the Revd. Dr. N. J. Wallbank, Rector and R. F. Brook, Esquire, Treasurer of the Hospital to commemorate the 850th anniversary of the foundation of the Priory and hospital of St Bartholomew in Smithfield.

Site: St Bartholomew's 3 trees (3 memorials)

EC1, Cloth Fair, St Bartholomew the Great graveyard

The millennium tree (in 2008 still a sapling) is in front of the half-timbered wall. The two yews commemorating the 850th anniversary are to the left; only one of them appears in the picture.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Subjects commemorated i

850th anniversary of foundation of Priory & hospital of St Bartholomew, Smithfield

Event, Medicine, Religion

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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R. F. Brook

Treasurer of St Bartholomew Hospital in 1973.

Revd. Dr. N. J. Wallbank

Rector of St Bartholomew's in 1973.

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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850th anniversary and Plant a Tree Year

Taxus baccata (English yew) planted by the Rt. Revd. Bishop R. W. Stannard, M...

Millennium tree - EC1

This flowering Malus tree "John Downie" was planted on the 19th January 2000 ...

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Nearby Memorials

Castle Baynard Ward Club

EC4, St Paul's Churchyard

The two plaques face each other, on the inside walls of the arcade. The Castle Baynard tree is the one to the right in the photo. 2019: ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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Admiral Duncan - 3 dead

W1, Wardour Street, St Anne's Gardens

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Punters' trees

N7, Liverpool Road, St Mary Magdene Garden

We decided against transcribing the apostrophe in "tree's" and using the Latin "sic" - that would just make us look nerdy and pedantic.

2 subjects commemorated

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Jamestown tree

SL4, Windsor Road

Virginians seem keen on sending us their soil: in 1921 they gave us a statue of one of their great men, George Washington, along with som...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators

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Millennium tree - SE1

SE1, Albert Embankment

London Borough of Lambeth Millennium Tree (Quercus Ilex) Evergreen Holm Oak planted by the Mayor of Lambeth on 23rd December 1999. 200...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators

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