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Himley Hall

Nearest town: Dudley

Site type: parkland

Access: Public

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County: Staffordshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SO88809160

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 31-Mar-03

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Local authority

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m, Ancient 7m+

Notes: The site is owned by Dudley Borough Council. Its extensive parkland is open to the public. 1844 - Robert Garner's Natural History of Stafford reported that "at Himley, a yew, one foot from the ground, measures 20 feet 10 inches, another at 2 feet from the ground is 12 feet 6 inches." 1879: In The Old Cross, a Warwickshire Quarterly Magazine the information about the larger yew is repeated while the smaller yew is ignored. 1897 - John Lowe: Loudon recorded 'several immense trees'. 2003 - Tim Hills: I recorded and mapped 9 yews, there may be more. Approximate girths were 21', 18', 17', 16', 14', 14', 11', 10', 10'.

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