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Great Shefford

Nearest town: Newbury

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Mary

Diocese: Oxford

County: Berkshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SU38027537

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 7-Jun-11

Recorded by: Peter Norton

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

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

Notes: A 12th century church with a Norman round tower. It was much altered in the 15th century and restored in 1870. The church is approached through an old avenue of 19 tall lime trees. The yew was first noted in the 1924 History of the county of Berkshire.