Old Photograph John Knox Tree Haddington Scotland

Old photograph of the John Knox tree in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. The birthplace of John Knox is marked by an oak tree. It was planted on 29 March 1881 in accordance with the wishes of the philosopher and writer Thomas Carlyle. The tree was planted by Miss Watson, who had donated the plot of land, and it was done under the sight of a great gathering of local ministers, the inheritors of Knox’s reforms. Carlyle had particularly wanted to mark this place as his late wife, Jane Bailie Welsh, claimed descent from the Reformer’s youngest daughter and lay buried in St Mary’s Kirkyard on the other side of the river.



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