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Stanmer

Nearest town: Brighton

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: unrecorded

Diocese: Chichester

County: Sussex - East

Country: England

Grid ref: TQ33670961

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 6-Jul-99

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

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

Notes: Two yews grow on the north side of the church. This site is part of a large area of parkland on the outskirts of Brighton. The drawing from the Burrell Collections shows the yew closest to the north porch. It is entitled Stanmer: The Old Church, c1780. The trees were first mentioned in 1833 on p336 of An historical and descriptive account of the coast of Sussex by J.D.Parry. He noted 'two curious old yew-trees in the churchyard'.

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