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merstham

Nearest town: Reigate

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Katharine

Diocese: Southwark

County: Surrey

Country: England

Grid ref: TQ29035382

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 17-Mar-08

Recorded by: Owen Johnson

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m

Notes: It is thought that there was a wooden church here at the time of the Norman conquest. When E.Straker visited in 1880 the only yew noted was a small girthed tree SSW of the church, given a girth of 6' 6'' at 4'. In 1980 Meredith recorded a girth of 6' 11'' (height at which measured not recorded).