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Dawlish

Nearest town: Exeter

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Gregory the Great

Diocese: Exeter

County: Devon

Country: England

Grid ref: SX95317665

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 25-Jan-17

Recorded by: Angela Williams

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: The first known written reference to a church at Dawlish dates from 1148, when an existing church was recorded as having been rebuilt. The present tower is thought to be around 700 years old. The tree is situated on a slight mound NW of the church. There are around twenty headstones on the mound beneath the tree, some only a few feet from the trunk. These date mainly from the early to mid-19th century.