Joseph Tubb

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The Poem Tree at Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire, carved by Joseph Tubb in 1844–45.

Joseph Tubb (1805–1879) was a

Poem Tree at Wittenham Clumps,[1] which died in the 1990s and finally collapsed in July 2012.[2][3]

Biography

Tubb lived at Lavender Cottage in

wood carver
, but his father convinced him to become a maltster. He lived a country life as a bachelor.

Joseph Tubb opposed the

Oxford gaol
.

Tubb's main legacy was to carve a poem on a large beech tree on the eastern side of Castle Hill at Wittenham Clumps.[4] He took a tent and a ladder to Castle Hill and spent the summers of 1844 and 1845 carving the letters of a 20-line poem. The poem demonstrates Joseph Tubb's passion for the Oxfordshire countryside. Discrepancies in wording between a written original and those on the tree are said to be because he carved from memory.

References

  1. ^ Joseph Tubb & the Poem Tree Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Project Timescape
  2. ^ Sadness as Clumps poem tree falls Oxford Mail 4 August 2012
  3. ^ Poet pens farewell verse to famous tree by Ben Wilkinson Oxford Mail 14 Aug 2012
  4. Northmoor Trust
    .
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