Maldon Cemetery (Essex)
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| Lightning strike | Coast Redwood - 20 months old | Dawn Redwood - 19 months old |
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| Giant Redwood - 2 years 10 months old | Giant Redwood - 5 years 7 months old |
| There are three large Wellingtonia in the Maldon cemetery, just off the London Road. There were four until some time ago when one succumbed to a lightning strike, as can be seen in the picture above, supplied by Mick the gardener. Sadly it eventually had to be cut down. It looks as if they may originally have been planted in the four corners of the cemetery, although the cemetery has grown somewhat since then!
While they are all good examples, one is a particularly fine specimen, and makes a rather superb picture with the old house beside it. This can be seen in the first picture above. There have been some recent additions to the cemetery; a new Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum), a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and a Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). They were placed in the cemetery in December 2005. I know this because they were planted by me! |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | |
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| Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
1 | N51.73165 E0.66290 |
N51.73115 E0.66461 |
TL 83987 07015 | 108ft (32.9m) |
19.3m 17m |
3.15m 2.96m |
December 2007 March 2005 |
| 2 | N51.73163 E0.66398 |
N51.73113 E0.66569 |
TL 84062 07016 | 94ft (28.7m) |
26.35m 24m |
3.84m 3.72m |
December 2007 March 2005 |
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| 3 | N51.73069 E0.66429 |
N51.73019 E0.66600 |
TL 84087 06912 | 83ft (25.3m) |
22m -- |
4.05m 3.8m |
December 2007 March 2005 |
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| 4 | N51.73116 E0.66147 |
N51.730663 E0.6632 |
TL 83891 06957 | 121ft (37m) |
3.6m 2.95m 1.95m 1.56m 0.89m |
0.28m | July 2012 July 2011 December 2008 December 2007 December 2005 |
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| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens |
5 | N51.73112 E0.66140 |
51.730623 E0.66311 |
TL 83886 06952 | 113ft (34.5m) |
3.3m 2.9m 2.16m 1.89m 1.22m |
0.17m | July 2012 July 2011 December 2008 December 2007 December 2005 |
| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glytptostroboides |
6 | N51.73126 E0.66182 |
N51.73076 E0.66353 |
TL 83914 06969 | 105ft (32.1m) |
2.62m 2.27m 1.26m 0.95m |
0.05m | July 2012 July 2011 October 2008 December 2007 |
| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | ||||||||