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Rickmansworth

Nearest town: Watford

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Mary

Diocese: St Albans

County: Hertfordshire

Country: England

Grid ref: TQ061942

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 18-Jun-11

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Lost

Notes: A known site of worship since the early 13th century. A yew was described in 1797 as split in two by a thunder-bolt, and now so widely separated as to have the appearance of two trees. The engraving shows that the tree grew NE of the church.