Miss Fisk's oak - Brighstone

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Oak planted in New Road Brighstone, Coronation George V
Oak planted by Miss E. Fisk, 1911

On New Road, Brighstone, Isle of Wight is an oak tree planted by Miss Elizabeth Fisk to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary on June 22nd 1911.

The oak tree is surrounded by railings holding a plaque.

fence Miss Fisk oak tree Brighstone
Railings around Miss Fisk's oak and the plaque, Brighstone (2021)

The plaque reads:

THIS OAK TREE WAS PLANTED
BY
ELIZABETH FISK
TO COMMEMORATE THE
CORONATION OF
KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY
ON 22ND JUNE 1911

The Isle of Wight County Press of 24 June 1911, in its reports of village celebrations of the coronation around the island records under Brighstone.

... Parishioners and children then gathered
round the triangular piece of
ground opposite the site of the new
churchyard, where a Coronation
oak was planted by Miss Fisk. ...

Miss Elizabeth Fisk was the daughter of James Robert Fisk of Rudcote Farm, Brightsone[1].

  1. 1911 census, James Robert Fisk, widower at Rudcote Farm, Elizabeth, living with him.