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| site name:- |
Inglewood Forest |
| locality:- |
Wragmire Moss |
| locality:- |
Wragmire |
| civil parish:- |
St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland) |
| civil parish:- |
Hesket (formerly Cumberland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
tree |
| locality type:- |
oak |
| coordinates:- |
NY45174906 (unsupported guess) |
| 1Km square:- |
NY4549 |
| 10Km square:- |
NY44 |
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hearsay:-
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Noted for 6 centuries, standing on the boundary between the manors of the Duke of
Devonshire and of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, the parish boundary of St Cuthbert
and Hesket parishes. It fell 13 June 1823.
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hearsay:-
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John Withrington notes that it has been suggested that this is the 'trestle tree'
in The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell: Arthur is hunting in Inglewood Forest:-
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"The king was set at his trestle-tree / With his bow to slay the wild venery, ..."
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But there seems insufficient evidence to back this suggestion. The Ballad of Adam
Bell published London, 1536, also mentions a tree in Inglewood: William Cloudesly,
outlawed for hunting deer, at some time returns to the forest with his wife:-
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"Whan they come to Inglyswode, / Under theyr tryst-tre, /..."
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Withrington, John: 1991: Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragenll: Lancaster University
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