All Cannings

The most interesting of 4 yews in this churchyard grows NW of the church. The female yew comprises four trunks in a circle, of which two split into further branches at about 2’ from the ground. All appear to share the same root system. Measurement was difficult but one trunk which splits into three measured 7’ 10” (239cm) at 1’. The second, split into two branches, measured 6’ 8” (203cm) at the root crown, while the remaining two trunks measured 4’ 4” (132cm) and 6’ 4” (193cm) respectively. Measuring the girth around all the growth returned a figure of 18’ 2” (554cm) close to the ground. If this is re-growth from a felled yew then reducing this figure by 10% would return an original girth of around 16’ (488cm).