This is a fine specimen of the true wild pear tree, Pyrus communis.
Pyrus communis
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Its hollow trunk was filled with bricks and covered in tar in the 1960s following arboricultural practice of the time.
Bricks were placed in to the tree in the 1960s
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The tree is gradually growing around the bricks and encasing them. This treatment for branch-loss is no longer recommended.