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Osmaston

Nearest town: Ashbourne

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Martin

Diocese: Derby

County: Derbyshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SK19954401

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 13-Sep-05

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

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

Notes: There is a record (origin not known) of two yews planted at Osmaston in 1650. In The Sacred Yew it is also noted that these yews were measured in 1879, when each had a girth of about 8'. I am unable to establish whether these were churchyard yews, or trees planted in nearby Osmaston Park.