The Allerton Oak in Calderstones Park, Merseyside, was first mentioned in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086. The local court used to meet under its branches in medieval times as they had no courthouse
It seems all of them have been around for a couple of centuries or more.
The Dragon Oak, a winged dragon slain by a valiant knight.
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