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Longwood - garden

Nearest town: Winchester

Site type: garden

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Hampshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SU5387024787

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 16-Mar-18

Recorded by: Hugo Egleston

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: There is a mention of a farmstead at Longwood in 1297. This yew was probably near that site, since the woodland along the road nearby is still called Long Wood. Later on the main houses were built about a mile to the north, the last of these in 1879-83 and demolished by 1963-7.