In Clavering, Essex where I live there is a field called on old maps
Merytowne or something similar, and it stands right next to the parish
boundary - so maybe the merry tree was a boundary marker?
Jacqueline Cooper
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> A notable ash tree once stood on the higest point in Benenden in Kent. =
> It is said to have been visible from the sea more than 12 miles away. =
> Mentions of the tree are from 1659, 1790s and December 1876, when it =
> fell in a great storm. It was known as the "Merry Tree" and I wonder if =
> the name carries a meaning.
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> Ernie Pollard
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