"Gathered from an aged tree in the garden at Shandy Hall . . . 26 July 1845" Amazing relic from the sweet chestnut killed by lightning in 1911, but still here. Pressed by Rev. William Nichols in a copy of Sterne's works 1783. Thanks Edward Bayntun-Coward @YorksArboretum #trees 
The tree is now covered by a Clematis montana.
A joke about a hot chestnut figures in Vol. 4 of Tristram Shandy, as you may recall.
Sorry I mistyped - that should be 1854
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