The Hardy Tree (London)

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The Hardy Tree is notable in that the trunk and base of the tree grows between a pile of gravestones. In the mid-19th century the writer Thomas Hardy, then a trainee architect, was tasked in the controversial clearance of part of the churchyard to make way for the railway. The grave markers were piled near a tree, which then grew around them.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras,_London#Cemeteries
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Coordinates:   51°32'6"N   -0°7'47"E

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  • In 2011 the writer Iphgenia Baal chronicled the unusual happenings at this site in her book The Hardy Tree: A Story about Gang Mentality.
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