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Bourneville

Nearest town: Rouen

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: Saint-Pierre

Diocese: No Data

County: Eure - Normandie

Country: France

Grid ref: not known

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 10-Aug-00

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

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

Notes: The yew grows west of the church. In 2017 Janice Gregory reported that 'On Thursday January 12th this area was hit by winds of up to 140 kph. It caused the yew in Bourneville church yard to split in two and a large section has fallen, partly onto one edge of the church roof and also onto tombs. The statue of a weeping Madonna next to the broken branches is particularly poignant. The tree had been severely cut back by the local council about six months earlier, with branches that were overhanging tombs nearest the church entrances removed.