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Stoke Abbott - Curfew Plot

Nearest town: Beaminster

Site type: No Data

Access: Private

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Dorset

Country: England

Grid ref: ST453006

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 4-Apr-06

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Conservation Area-West Dorset DC

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

Notes: This yew grows at the top of a steep bank opposite the road leading to the church and village hall. There are other yews on the land, a piece of ground called The Curfew Plot, which once provided an income for whoever had the task of ringing the Curfew bell for the village. The land is thought to be still under Parish ownership.