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This ginkgo, located in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was planted in 1762:
The ginkgo, a male tree, was one of the first of the species to have been planted in Britain, following the introduction of ginkgos via Europe in 1754. Its hardiness was unknown, so it was planted against the wall of the Great Stove glasshouse for protection. This was subsequently demolished in 1861, which left the ginkgo standing alone. It is a multistemmed tree, probably due to the transplanting and moving early in its life which may have accounted for it losing its growing point.
In 2002 it rightly became one of the 50 “Great British Trees” in a scheme run by the Tree Council to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.