According to the Woodland Trust, tree roots, such as those from oak trees, can cause subsidence - this is where your house ...

Admiral Lord Nelson predicted the British would triumph at Trafalgar. And on 21 October 1805, as they attacked the combined Spanish and French fleets off the coast of Cádiz, he achieved exactly that.

Named for the stately English oak tree that has graced the ESF campus for decades, the Robin Hood Oak Society recognizes the distinguished loyalty and commitment of its members - a special group of ...

The pedunculate oak or English oak produces acorns which hang ... many famous ships including HMS Victory which consumed 6,000 trees, most of them oaks. As the Royal Navy grew, old oaks with ...

English oaks are the most common out of the five oak species in Britain. Only two are native species, although two or more are widely naturalised and many species occur in specialised collections. The ...

After she came upon the grand live oak tree on High Road in 1956, she bought the land and was inspired to build an English-style cottage there, echoing Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.

Only her sturdy build – with more than 2,000 English oak trees used to construct her hull alone – somehow kept her afloat. After being towed to Gibraltar for repairs, HMS Victory returned to ...