Tree ID: 1062
Yews recorded: Ancient 4m-5m
Tree girth: 498cm
Girth height: at 5cm
Tree sex: female
Date of visit: 11-Apr-02
Source of earliest mention: 1835: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction
Notes:January 1994: The yew was given an estimated age of 1,000 years by Allen Meredith and a certificate was sent to the church by the Conservation Foundation’s Country Living Yew Tree Campaign.
April 2002 – Tim Hills: This part shell indicates that it is probably a fragment of a once much larger tree. A portion of the original trunk can be seen on the inner surface of the new growth. Girth was 16′ 4” (498cm) near the ground.
May 2005 – Cliff Hansford: As well as the large female photographed here, there are 5 further churchyard yews ranging from 7′ 10” to 10′ 6” in girth and another just outside the churchyard with a girth above 14′ at 5′.
Tree ID | Location | Photo | Yews recorded | Girth |
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1062 | Broomfield - Kent | Ancient 4m-5m | 498cm at 5cm - view more info |