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Brycedale Crescent, LONDON, N14 7EY

In the small Minchenden Oak Garden, apparently a tree of some renown.

The oak concerned is to the right.

These gardens are on the former site of the Minchenden Estate, one of the great estates in the area, which was owned by the Duke of Chandos. Minchenden House was built around 1747 by John Nicholl from whom Chandos purchased it, using it as his country house after his property Canons. The Duchess Dowager of Chandos lived here on occasion until her death in 1813 and it was then passed to the Marquis of Buckingham whose wife was the daughter and heiress of the last duke of Chandos. The old mansion was knocked down in 1853 although a smaller house, Minchenden Lodge, was built in the mid 19th century to the north. A relic of the grounds of Minchenden House remains today in the form of the Minchenden or Chandos Oak, an ancient pollarded oak tree, said in the 19th century to be the largest in England with a girth of over 27 feet. Edward Walford reports that its spread in 1873 was 'no less than 126 feet, and it is still growing'. It is thought to be a survivor of the ancient Forest of Middlesex and may be some 800 years old. The Minchenden Oak is in what is now known as Minchenden Oak Gardens, which was formed in 1934 as a Garden of Remembrance, on land adjacent to the old graveyard of Christchurch. Here we see this ancient pollarded tree in Autumn.

The location of the 'Weld Chapel of Ease', is in the churchyard of Christ Church, Southgate. Originally built as 'Arnold's Chapel' for the Weld family it was consecrated on the 24th May 1615. It became the Chapel of Ease for the people of Southgate, as part of the Parish of All Saint's, Edmonton, until replaced by Christ Church in 1862. The ground is still available for the current parishioners to have their ashes spread. For a closer view of the Cross refer to picture Image

Minchenden Crescent is part of the Minchenden Estate, an area of slightly superior, mainly semi-detached, houses built in the 1930s on the slope north of Arnos Park. Behind the houses is the spire of Christ Church, Southgate.

The Minchenden Oak is thought to be a survivor of the Great Forest of Middlesex and is believed to be 800 years old. It stands in the Garden of Remembrance adjacent to Christ Church.

Believed to be over 800 years old, this tree is thought to be a survivor of the Great Middlesex Forest. It is in the Garden of Remembrance adjacent to Christ Church and was formerly in the grounds of Minchenden House, which was demolished in 1853.