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Barrington

Nearest town: Ilminster

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: The Blessed Virgin Mary

Diocese: Bath and Wells

County: Somerset

Country: England

Grid ref: ST38911811

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 17-Aug-07

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m, Notable

Notes: A church here was first note in 1240. By 1547 it was partially ruinous and repaired. Major restoration was carried out around the 1860s. Three female yews grow here, the largest south of the church, with two smaller specimens to the north.