This tree is on a council estate next to a footpath between Elm Park Nursery School and Bonneville Primary School in Clapham. Many children - including my grandchildren - love climbing this tree. [James K] Note from Peter Coles (editor): The tree stands in what were the grounds of a 19th century mansion called Lincoln House. According to the Lambeth website: "The developer and builder, Thomas Cubitt, laid out Clapham Park estate on the site of Bleak Hall Farm in 1825. He built new roads and marked out plots for large new houses and though the venture was not an immediate success by 1877 the area was one of the most important suburbs of South London. Lincoln House was Cubitt's own family house, rebuilt and occupied between 1826 and 1851. Later the family residence of Dr. Isaac Seligman, the house was demolished in 1905 and replaced by Rodenhurst Road and the houses on the west side of Clarence Avenue.." A wonderful photo of the house can be seen here: https://boroughphotos.org/lambeth/lincoln-house-clapham-park/ The mulberry could potentially predate Cubitt's mansion and have belonged to the farm on the site previously.

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