 Examples of the tree were presented in 1711 by Adam Buddle to the Chelsea Physic Garden; Buddle held a living at North Fambridge, not far from Rawreth.Adam Holt, relative of Thomas Holt, distributed the elms nationwide in the 1720s.Chichester Elms were planted at Woburn Abbey in the 1720–30s by Thomas Holt, who was agent for the estate, and are recorded in a photograph c.1915 as "Ulmus vegeta", 'Huntingdon Elm' ["sic.