Royal Oak
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The Royal Oak is the name given to the tree in which Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651; the tree was located in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. Charles confirmed to Samuel Pepys in 1680 that while he was hiding in the tree, a Parliamentarian soldier passed directly below it. The story was popular after the Restoration; numerous large dishes painted in slip with the Boscobel Oak, supported by the Lion and Unicorn, with the king's face peeping from the branches were made by the Staffordshire potter Thomas Toft[1]
In commemoration of the tree's significance in British history a number of places and things have been named after the Royal Oak.
- A number of warships have been commissioned as HMS Royal Oak.
- In the United Kingdom The Royal Oak is a very common pub name e.g. Royal Oak, Meavy.
- In London Royal Oak is a tube station on the Hammersmith & City Line.
See also:
- Royal Oak, Lancashire
- Royal Oak, Yorkshire
- Royal Oak, County Durham
- Royal Oak, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
- Royal Oak Station, a Vancouver SkyTrain station located on Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Royal Oak, Launceston Tasmania
Royal Oak is also the name of some places in the United States of America:
- Royal Oak, Maryland
- Royal Oak, Michigan
- Royal Oaks, California.
The Royal Oak Foundation is a U.S. charitable body whose object is to support the U.K. National Trust.
- ^ One is at the Metropolitan Museum (illustration).
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