Every One Remembered – Chitterne 100

For over 100 years a stunning horse chestnut tree has grown proudly at the heart of our Salisbury Plain Village. Originally planted in celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, the tree stands on The Green in front of the Village Hall (previously the School). The villagers who departed for WW1 would have known The Green and this tree well.

Sadly in 2014 a large branch fell from its ageing structure and by 2015, in an attempt to save it, the tree was pollarded. Throughout 2016 and 2017, little new growth appeared.

To mark the WW1 Armistice Centenary on 11th November 2018, the Chitterne 100 Tree Project will host a Village Lunch, culminating in the planting of a replacement tree, to bring new life to The Green, and the installation of a circular bench around it, to allow present day and future villagers and passers-by the opportunity to sit for a moment and reflect on that lost generation that enabled the surviving generations to thrive then, now and for the next 100 years.

Lest We Forget

Chitterne - A Wiltshire Village on the Plain