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Shenleybury

Nearest town: St Albans

Site type: former religious site

Access: Public

Church name: St Botolph

Diocese: St Albans

County: Hertfordshire

Country: England

Grid ref: TL18360153

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 23-Feb-01

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

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

Notes: The deconsecrated church has been converted to a private residence. I do not know who owns the land where the tree grows, which is currently freely accessible. A forest of elder had recently been cut down making it possible to record the tree. It grows SE of the church building. A History of the County of Hertford (1908) described the church of St Botolph as standing in 'a large churchyard with some particularly fine yew trees on the west and south sides'.

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