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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Arielle Domb

Everything we know about the felling of Enfield's ancient oak tree: cause, consequences and reactions

Called the ‘Guy Fawkes Oak’ due to its proximity to the Whitewebbs House where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, the tree is believed to have been among the biggest 100 of London's 600,000 oak trees before it was felled - (The Enfield Society)

Residents and conservationists are devastated after a centuries-old oak tree in Enfield was hacked down.

The tree, called the ‘Guy Fawkes Oak’ due to its proximity to the Whitewebbs House where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, is believed to have been among the biggest 100 of London's 600,000 oak trees before it was felled.

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