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Edlington Wood Doncaster

Nearest town: Doncaster

Site type: woodland

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Yorkshire - South

Country: England

Grid ref: SK54809750

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: No data

Recorded by: Colin Howes

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: Yew was one of the original forest tree colonists of what is now Edlington Wood, pollen studies showing it to have been a major coloniser of the open limestone grassland left after the period of the Roman occupation. Certainly Yew was a dominant tree here long before any ornamental or commercial species were introduced.