# g | g g ■ • ; .• •.: . ■ ■ :■,: Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 8th, 1997 (Clasa"l<,d) SUMMER 1998 Many mourn felling of picturesque °ld^ree


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'tewell School pose b e n e a th th e l im e t r e e . T h e l in e -u p in c lu d e s s e v e r a l m em b e r s o f t h e P o r te r fam i ly an d w a s ta k e n a ro u n d 1930, th e s c h o o l clos ing in 1947


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Lime had to come down because it


was rotten, but its history lives on


v e a rs was in th e F o re s t of


AN ancient tree in a | owland a h o u s e h o ld local picture-postcard word, and whose fom was


village much loved by famiiiar to every resdent the Queen has been in th a t salubrious distnct


felled'.. . but its his­ tory lives on. Like people, trees grow


the village green at Whi tewell for 161 years.


old and die, and the inevi-


Duchy of Lancaster’s axe­ man because it was rotten and in a dangerous condi­ tion, and its loss has left its mark on the local community.


I t was felled by the


which has been reported order to be at liberty widely as the Queen’s after breakfast to go fortn


The Whitewell vaney, tewell Valley, nis longed-for retirement about his master s b


retreat, is a closely-knit ness, ra re ly faiimg ea community and the large day to visit the workmen lime, which stood m front engaged at different points of the Inn at Whitewell, upon the extensive estate,


was entwined in village „He coul(j not tolerate folklore.


indolence or sloth in a


most photographed trees charging his various duties anywhere and a familiar with a scrupulous and con- landmark to the thousands scientious regard to his of people from outside the area who travel regularly to the Whitewell beauty


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WOOD bailiff James Porter, who planted the famous lime tree


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? • ,m ’m S ’ 3i',d Bumop; junior, 1st P. Bristol, 2nd M. Whitwell, 3rd J. Spurgeon.


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family, whose ancestors first came to the valley towards the end of the 18th Century, have special reason to mourn its end — for it was planted in 1836 by wood bailiff James Por­ ter (1794-1879), a much­ loved resident whose name is still recalled by older people conversant with village history. Fortunately, Mrs. Mar­


Meanwhile, the Porter „ ,


meticulously preserved old family have also farmed in t>


i great-great-great-nephew of the wood baiilnn, nas


garet Porter, of Lower Fencewood Hall, whose late husband was the


iff h


passed away from our1 midst a notable character, I one whose name for many


. And, as the lime trees- history was linked with that of James Porter, it is now interesting to take a peep into the past and see how former genera­ tions regarded him. For­ tunately, an obituary which appeared in the Preston Guardian in 1879 has been retained by the family and gives us that opportunity. It tells us that: “There


James planted the tree is recorded alongside his name in the Porter family tree, which maps the his­ tory of the family over two centimes.


family documents. She says evidence that


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the Whitewell valley over the past 200 years, and her son, Ian, who is mar­ ried with two children, continues the tradition at a farm known appropriately as Porter’s Farm, .Hodder Bank.


Mrs Porter says that several members oif t uhie ---—


icumijr i»ov^ o , t .


four brothers, all of whom are now dead, but his sis­ ter, Alice Hazlewood, lives in Clitheroe.


Her husband, Luke, had ■


It is interesting to* note that Old James Porter’s


tree is soon to have a replacement. A Duchy of Lancaster spokesman said that a new one would be planted in the same area, but not in exactly the same place, so as not to place it too close to the road and the inn.


Ithem th e n e c e s s a ry im p ro v em e n t s an d


repairs.”


master’s interest, he was also pre-eminently the friend of numerous tenants up on the estate; ever ready to listen to their requests and, so far as he thought just, to obtain for


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for 49 years, starting his employment with the Duke and Duchess of Buc- cleuch, former owners of the Forest of Bowland estates, and later for the Towneleys, before the ownership passed to the monarchy. • ’■


James was wood bailiff


oia ana uic, * , aivest uuiociv .1 ° *11__ «./>nm of Whi- .tOLD.he person,..


table has happened to the - ^ y we may state tn£a large lime which graced


the old stock will scarcely require to be reminded who is meant, b u t to divest ourselves of ambi-


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JAMES PORTER is ___• n


' I t continues: “Many can bear testimony to his


early, active and mdustn- ous habits. In summer he was rarely in bed after 4 o’clock in the morning, ris­ ing at that early hour to


post his books and conduct his_ correspondence m


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