Royal legend
The Queen's Oak
Wait under the oak.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Remains of the old oak
- Legend from
- Local tradition
- Tone
- Romantic
A widow under an oak, a king riding by.
Tradition says Elizabeth Woodville waited under an oak in Whittlewood Forest near Potterspury to petition Edward IV, who fell for her; they married in secret soon after. The tree was burnt in 1994 and died in 1997.