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Winforton - Hermit's Isle

Nearest town: Hay-on-Wye

Site type: former religious site

Access: Private

Church name:

Diocese:

County: Herefordshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SO295456

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 19/10/1991

Recorded by: Examination of an 'Earthwork' at Winforton - Woolhope

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Lost

Notes: South of the present church at Winforton, was once a chapel dedicated to St Kenedred. It was possibly on an island in the river Wye, whose course is constantly altering. In the 17th century it is reported that "the foundation stones of this chapel had lately been grubbed up, and only a Yew tree remained to mark their position, which, except in times of flood, could scarceley be termed insular. This is undoubtedly the rectangular crop mark at SO295456, where the shattered remains of the yew tree still stands, the only tree in the vicinity."