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Bridekirk

Nearest town: Cockermouth

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Bridget

Diocese: Carlisle

County: Cumbria

Country: England

Grid ref: NY11653369

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 13-Aug-97

Recorded by: Graham Wilkinson

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Lost

Notes: The church is 1868-70, but dates back to Norman times. This lost is recorded, its girth 11'. In this stump, rings were visible for 202 years of its growth, from 1776 - 1978 when it was felled. The middle is rotted and hollowed and I considered an estimated age of 320 - 360 years to be indicated.