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Angmering

Nearest town: Arundel

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Margaret

Diocese: Chichester

County: Sussex - West

Country: England

Grid ref: TQ067043

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 1-Sep-09

Recorded by: Owen Johnson

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 5m-7m

Notes: The original church is thought to have been built between 1180 and 1220. It was extended in the 15th and 16th centuries. The 'very fine yew tree' was first noted more than two centuries ago. In 1937 Mee, in his King's England series wrote that 'for most of its centuries the 590 year old tower has had as its companion a fine yew'.

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