Worldwide, there are between 300 and 500 different species of oak, but here there is only one indigenous ‘quercus robur’, the celebrated dark brown variety which we identify with so closely, known as ‘Ac’ in early times, somewhat later as ‘Ok’, but now proudly called English Oak. In this magazine feature, Brien Walker describes the mighty English oak and its uses throughout history.

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