800 Year Old Oak Tree.
This tree is known as ‘The Majesty Oak’ that forms part of Fredville Park at Nonington, Kent being approximately 100 hectares of parkland and woodland featuring a multitude of ancient trees that includes ‘The Majesty Oak’; one of the largest maiden oak trees in the United Kingdom and is recorded in several locations as the tallest English Oak tree in the UK. ‘The Majesty Oak’ is known to be flourishing since at least 1554 when it was at that time recorded as ‘The Fredville Oak’ when people travelled purposefully to Fredville Park just to see the magnificent oak tree there. The original farmhouse was enlarged in 1750 by the Plumptre family and this enlarged farmhouse was accidentally destroyed by the military in 1945 when a fire broke out but no water was near to hand to extinguish the blaze.
