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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 8th, 1997 SUMMER 1998


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IPU PILS. at Whi- 'tcwcll School pose beneath the lime tree. The line-up includes several members o f the Porter family and was taken around 1930, the school closing in 1947


Many mourn felling o f picturesque old tree Lime had to come down because it


was rotten, but its history lives on by Sheila Nixon


•A N ancient tree in a local picture-postcard


village much loved by the Queen has been fe l led . . . but its his­ to ry lives on.


Like people, trees grow


old and die, and the inevi­ table has happened to the large lime which graced the village green at Whi- tewell for 161 years.


I t was fe l led by the


■Duchy o f 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.


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years was in the Forest of Bowland a household


word, and whose form was familiar to every resident in that salubrious district. “Those who remain of


the old stock will scarcely require to be reminded who is meant, but to divest ourselves of ambi­ guity we may state that OLD JAMES PORTER is the person.” ...


I t continues: “Many can


bear testimony to his early, active and industri­


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 in


order to be at liberty, after breakfast, to go forth about his master’s busi­ ness, rarely failing each day to visit the workmen engaged at different points upon the extensive estate. .


“He could not tolerate indolence or sloth in a


Meanwhile, the Porter ■ .


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


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


i great-great-great-nephew of the wood bailiff, has meticulously preserved old family documents. She says evidence that


James planted the tree is recorded alongside his


name in the Porter family


tree, which maps the his­ tory of the family over two centuries. And, as the lime tree’s'


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,


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


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workman but, while dis- charging his various duties with a scrupulous and con­ scientious regard to his 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


ithem th e n e c e s sa ry im p r o v em e n t s and


repairs.” James was wood bailiff


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. •


Mrs Porter says that


several members of the family have also farmed in 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.


Her husband, Luke, had


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


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.


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