Holcombe Old Church

Nearest town: Midsomer Norton

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Andrew

Diocese: Bath and Wells

County: Somerset

Country: England

Grid ref: ST668507

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 28-Feb-98

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Churches Conservation Trust

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: The church, dating to Norman times, is more than a mile from the village, which was apparently moved at the time of the plague. The building is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. In the churchyard are found the graves of the parents of Captain Scott, the Arctic explorer.