Inscriptions: Jo Pullen’s Tree
Mrs Emily Alicia Morrell of Headington Hill Hall paid to have the above plaque installed on the side wall of Davenport House in Cuckoo Lane, marking the spot where the tree had stood. It reads:
NEAR THIS SPOT STOOD
THE FAMOUS ELM
PLANTED BY THE REV. JOSIAH PULLEN
ABOUT 1680 AND KNOWN AS
JO PULLEN’S TREE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
ON 13 OCTOBER 1909
The picture below shows Jo Pullen’s Tree in the 1840s:
