Timeline - ~1600 to ~1900 - Salford Hall - Abbots Salford, Warwickshire
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A section of tree trunk labelled 'dendrochronologically' from 1605 to 1899 in reception at Salford Hall, Abbots Salford.
Waymark Code: WMZJXV
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/21/2018
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A section of tree trunk, some 300+ years of age, labelled 'dendrochronologically' from 1605 to 1899 in reception at Salford Hall, Abbots Salford.
The tree rings have been used to create a timeline:
1605 - Gunpowder plot
1616 - Death of Shakespeare
1642 - Battle of Worcester
1666 - Fire of London
1707 - Act of Union passed by Scottish Parliament
1746 - Battle of Culloden
1789 - French Revolution
1806 - Trafalgar
1837 - Accession of Queen Victoria
1857 - Indian Mutiny
1899 - Boer War
The wood came from the B.T.S Exhibition Building Centre Bond Street. Salvaged from the debris after bomb damage Oct 1940 / May 1941.
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