Charlwood

1850 – Brayley’s History of Surrey: ‘On the south side is a decayed yew tree.’
1875 – The Penny Post described it as ‘much decayed’.
In 1880 a girth of 21′ 5” (653cm) at 5′ was recorded by E.Straker.
1981 – Allen Meredith: SE of the church is a large yew, hollow insdide, at 5ft from the ground the girth measurement was 21ft 6ins. At the base of this hollow tree is a 3ft gap, a wire mesh fence covers the hollow side, perhaps to stop the dumping of rubbish. It is quite a healthy looking tree.
July 1999 – Tim Hills: A hollow shell with an opening about 4′ wide. Many strands of growth can be seen inside the tree, connecting the two sides. Girth was 23′ 8” (721cm) at 3′.
May 2013 – Peter Norton: One large hollowed female grows southeast of the church. It has lost some of the outer bole and there is much fire damage to the internal walls. Foliage is sparse on the west side and the branches appear dead, while foliage on the east side appears quite healthy. Some evidence of ‘chicken wire’ may have been used in the past to block the entrance to the inside of the tree. The girth was 23′ 5” (714cm) at 3′ 6”, measured from the ground on the north side, top of the slope.