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From Willow to Wicket: A Lost Cricket Bat Willow Plantation in Leonard Stanley. by Stephen Mills
Cricket bats are produced from a specific type of willow tree. This plantation seems to date from the 1920s. The trees need a lot of water and this was provided by means of a network of concrete channels which have survived to the present day. Find out more.....
< The Cricket Bat Willow Plantation seen from the north in April 2016