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Hatherop Castle

Nearest town: Fairford

Site type: planted avenue

Access: Private

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Gloucestershire

Country: England

Grid ref: SP15320520

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 1-Nov-19

Recorded by: Anthea Jones

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: Hatherop Castle is now a school and the grounds cannot be visited without permission. Yews at this location were noted by Elwes and Henry - in volume 1 of their Trees of Great Britain and Ireland. In 'The ancient and present state of Glostershire' by Sir Robert Atkyns, published in 1712, Johannes Kip's engraving suggests a newly planted hedge or perhaps a row of yew trees that reach close to the house.