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Stockbridge - Milson roundabout yew

Nearest town: Winchester

Site type: footpath/road

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Hampshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SU35773468

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: No data

Recorded by: Peter Andrews

Protection & responsibility: Landowner

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m

Notes: Just outside of the village of Stockbridge on the edge of the King's Somborne road, a yew stands alone in the middle of a small roundabout by a group of houses known as the Milsons. During my research I discovered that William de Briwere had a large mill in the water meadows near the village. His son, also named William, gave the generous gift of the mill to the priory at Mottisfont. I believe that this might be a yew planted by the monks to mark their important acquisition.