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Oldland

Nearest town: Bristol

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Anne

Diocese: Bristol

County: Gloucestershire

Country: England

Grid ref: ST66877116

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 5-May-03

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Lost

Notes: Peter Norton: The original church was built as a chapel of rest to nearby village of Bitton and the earliest reference dates from 1280 and records Bytton cum capella de Oldeland. The chapel was dramatically sited on a well-drained hilltop, not far from the manor house (some interesting yews within the walled garden), and on the edge of the ancient forest of Kingswood. Due to an increase in population Oldland was permitted its own churchyard in 1720. The chapel was demolished in 1829 to prepare for the building of the present church. The engraving is from the 1830 Gentleman's magazine, part II p393, and shows the old chapel and the yew.

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