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Holne

Nearest town: Newton Abbot

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Mary

Diocese: Exeter

County: Devon

Country: England

Grid ref: SX70586949

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 13-Mar-99

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 5m-7m

Notes: A site thought to have early medieval origins, though the present church dates from the 13th century. The yew, considered locally to 'possibly predate the church', grows to the south. According to the Church Guide and Handbook 'its two companions were planted during the nineteenth century'.

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