NHER 9451 (Monument record) - Kett's Oak
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HETHERSETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Ordnance Survey antiquity.
Name comes from the fact that nine rebels were hung there, and not (as local people now say) that Kett held a review there. The original 'Kett's Oak of Reformation' was near St Leonards Priory on Gas Hill, Norwich. Legend states that its roots reach to Norwich in one direction and Wymondham on the other.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 4 June 1980.
Oak is alive but in poor condition. It has been split down the middle where it divides into two huge branches; one branch has been lopped off, the other is supported on a wooden truss. The crack has been filled with cement and roofed with tarred felt, and the tree bound with iron bands, long enough ago for the bark to grow over them. Iron railings around have plaques 'Ketts Oak 1549' and 'W. H. Back 1910'. New layby opened alongside.
Press cutting in file.
E. Rose (NAU)
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF1809 Article in Serial: 1933. [unknown]. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol XIII, pp 356-7. pp 356-357.
- --- SNF3499 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Repairs to ancient oak. 25 June.
- --- SNF61402 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Story of Kett's Oak is retold. 26 November.
- --- SNF61403 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995. Mighty oak on last legs. 14 January.
- --- SNF81676 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Ancient oaks under threat from disease. 4 May.
- --- SNF6235 Publication: Grigor, J.. 1841. The Eastern Arboretum. p.324.
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Hethersett.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 SW 1 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
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Record last edited
Jun 1 2016 4:11PM