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Cholderton

Tree ID: 2470

Yews recorded: Lost

Tree girth: No data

Girth height: not measured

Tree sex: unspecified

Date of visit: 10-Mar-07

Source of earliest mention: 1976: Wiltshire - Ralph Whitlock

Notes:

When part of the Cholderton Estate was sold to pay death duties, the new owners destroyed many yew trees to make a pony paddock. We do not know the stature of these trees, but the fact that they are marked on some Ordnance Survey maps suggests they were a prominent feature.