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Tarrant Crawford Abbey

Nearest town: Blandford Forum

Site type: former religious site

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: Salisbury

County: Dorset

Country: England

Grid ref: ST92240335

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 25-Jul-06

Recorded by: Peter Andrews

Protection & responsibility: Churches Conservation Trust

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

Notes: Once the site of an Abbey run by Cistercian nuns. An important and wealthy nunnery built by the Keines family in 1235.