The hybrid cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Cicestria', commonly known as the 'Chichester Elm', was cloned at the beginning of the 18th century from a tree growing at Chichester Hall, Rawreth, near Danbur
Two Chichester Elms, Queens' College, Cambridge
Chichester Elm leaves, Queens' College, Cambridge, November
From same trees. Length 5–6 in (13–15 cm) from petiole-end to leaf-tip, width 2.5–3 in (6.4–7.6 cm).
Young Chichester Elm leaves, from saplings cloned from Queens' College trees
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Rawreth is a village and civil parish in the District of Rochford, Essex, England. It is situated between Wickford and Rayleigh.
Ulmus × hollandica 'Cicestria'
…hollandica 'Cicestria', commonly known as the 'Chichester Elm', was cloned at the beginning of the 18th century from a tree growing at Chichester Hall, Rawreth, near Danbury, Essex, England, then the home of Thomas Holt White FRS, brother of the naturalist Gilbert White. The tree was first recorded by country…
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St Nicholas's Church Rawreth