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Horley

Nearest town: Crawley

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Bartholomew

Diocese: Southwark

County: Surrey

Country: England

Grid ref: TQ27634275

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 17-Feb-01

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 7m+, Lost

Notes: The oldest parts of church are 14th century. Of the two yews recorded in 1880 one is now only a stump. The living tree grows WSW of the church. In Brayley's Topographical History of Surrey 1850 it says that 'in the churchyard are two large yew-trees, one measuring 17' 1'' at 4; from the ground; the other 17' 2'' at 3' and 18' at 4'.

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