Nearest town: Deal
Site type: churchyard
Access: Public
Church name: St Mary
Diocese: Canterbury
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid ref: TR36695034
Lost yew site: Yes
Date visited: 29-Mar-99
Recorded by: Tim Hills
Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council
Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 5m-7m, Lost
Notes: A redundant Norman church, known today as St Mary's Old church. 'Through its Norman doorway Wellington often passed under the shade of two marvellous yews older than Walmer Castle'. Mee's description no longer applies since only one yew survives. Both trees are seen in this fine illustration from the 1852 London Illustrated News. In Lewis's 1848 Topographical Dictionary of England they were described as 'two remarkably fine yew-trees'.
Site files:
Tree ID | Location | Photo | Yews recorded | Girth |
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817 | Walmer | Ancient 5m-7m | 602cm at 30cm - view more info | |
1096 | Walmer | Lost | No data available - view more info |