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Its called Judges Walk.

 

Immeadiately after the great fire the courts were temporarily held at Hampstead Assizes & the Judges would walk along the avenue of trees at the top of this path whilst considering their verdict.....hence the name.

 

 

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Interesting though not at all surprising that they are (nearly) all limes. One is never to lie in the presence of a linden, and thus they're oft found around courts and other 'legal' areas.

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Good one, where's that from ?

 

 

 

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Andreas Roloff. Chapter 1 of Urban Tree Management: for the Sustainable Development of Green Cities, on page 5. It reads:

 

"In past times, dance and court trees used to be very important. Dance lindens had a platform in the crown where dances were held; court lindens were used for meetings dedicated to law and order. The finding of justice was based on the belief that nobody would dare lie under a Tilia tree."

 

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Another bit from Hageneder's The Spirit of Trees:

 

"In many Germanic tribes an old lime tree was used as the omphalos, the central pole and meeting point for communal affairs. They believed that criminals receiving sentences were softened by the soothing atmosphere of this tree. Lime was seen as generating divine knowledge, truth, justice, clarity, a balance of decisiveness and compassion. It was dedicated to Freya, the Mistress of the Earth and goddess of love."

 

Reading this book paints lime as a really epic tree, actually. Reading about ley lines, dragons (lindwurm), and so on. Some sweet history for this tree!

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Andreas Roloff. Chapter 1 of Urban Tree Management: for the Sustainable Development of Green Cities, on page 5. It reads:

 

"In past times, dance and court trees used to be very important. Dance lindens had a platform in the crown where dances were held; court lindens were used for meetings dedicated to law and order. The finding of justice was based on the belief that nobody would dare lie under a Tilia tree."

 

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Love stuff like this :thumbup1:

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