Yews in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
Ancient yews (likely age 800 years +) are found in 12 churchyards
Veteran yews (likely age 500 years +) are found at 47 churchyards
Veteran yews (classified because of their condition) are found in 30 churchyards
Notable yews (likely age 300+ or trees with a known planting date) are found in 62 churchyards
Younger yews are found at a further 304 churchyard sites.
Ancient yews are found at the following locations:
Ashbrittle
Bicknoller
Chilcompton
Combe Florey
Compton Dundon
Dinder
Dunster
Elworthy
Kingston St Mary
Kingstone
West Monkton
Withycombe
Veteran yews (likely to be 500 years +) are found at the following locations:
Angersleigh
Ash Priors
Ashill
Broomfield
Burrington
Castle Cary
Chapel Allerton
Chewton Mendip
Churchill
Churchstanton
Creech St Michael
Cutcombe
Dinnington
Dunkerton
East Chinnock
East Woodlands
Enmore
Freshford
Keinton Mandeville
Middle Chinnock
North Perrott
North Stoke
Norton sub Hamdon
Odcombe
Pilton
Pitney
Porlock
Portbury
Priston
Seavington St Mary
South Brewham
South Petherton
Stocklinch Ottersey
Stoke Trister
Ston Easton
Tellisford
Tickenham
West Chinnock
West Coker
West Pennard
Westbury sub Mendip
Whitelackington
Winscombe
Woolley
Woolverton
Wooton Courtney
Wraxall
Veteran yews (because of their condition) are found at the following locations:
Barwick
Batcombe
Bathampton
Bickenhall
Biddisham
Buckland St Mary
Cheddar
Chew Stoke
Christon
Dodington
Drayton
Hawkridge
Hinton St George
Loxton
Lyng - (East Lyng)
Minehead
Nailsea
North Cadbury
North Curry
Norton Malreward
Othery
Stanton Prior
Staple Fitzpaine
Stoke St Michael
Thorne St Margaret
Timberscombe
Wambrook
Watchet
Wembdon
Winsham
Notable yews - likely age 300 plus, or with a known planting date, are found at the following churchyards:
Ansford
Badgworth, Barrington, Barrow Court, Bathealton, Brompton Ralph, Butcombe
Cameley, Carhampton, Chard, Charlcombe, Chilthorne Domer, Chilton Cantelo, Compton Martin, Crowcombe, Cucklington Curry Mallet
Durleigh, Durston, Emborough, Goathurst
Hardington Mandeville, High Ham, Holcombe Old Church, Holford, Hutton
Ilchester, Kilmersdon, Kingweston
Langford Budville, Leigh-on-Mendip, Lovington
Martock, Mells, Nailsea, Nettlecombe, North Wootton
Orchardleigh, Otterhampton, Puckington, Queen Charlton
Rimpton, Rodden, Runnington
Saltford, Seavington St Michael, Selworthy, Shepton Beauchamp, Skilgate, Stoke St Mary, Stoke sub Hamdon, Stowey, Sutton Montis
Thurloxton, Tintinhull, Trull, Ubley
West Harptree, West Hatch, West Lydford, Whitestaunton, Wick St Lawrence, Yarlington
Younger yews are found in the following churchyards
Aisholt, Alford, Aller, Ash, Ashcott, Ashington, Ashwick, Axbridge
Ditcheat, Donyatt, Doulting, Dowlish Wake, Downside, Draycott, Draycott Chapel, Dulverton, Dundry
Oake, Oakhill, Old Cleeve, Otterford, Over Stowey
Radstock, Redhill, Redlynch, Rode, Rodhuish, Rodney Stoke, Rowberrow, Ruishton
Yews at the following locations have also been recorded by Brynley Andrews: Misterton, Wanstrow
List of the Ancient and Veteran Yews in the diocese of Bath and Wells -September 2013
Lost Yews from the Diocese of Bath and Wells - Tim Hills - January 2014
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