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Lighthorne

Tree ID: 1995

Yews recorded: Lost

Tree girth: No data

Girth height: not measured

Tree sex: unspecified

Date of visit: 24-Sep-05

Source of earliest mention: 1946: The Churchyard Yew and Immortality-Cornish

Notes:

September 2005 – Tim Hills: According to Cornish there were 2 large yews on south side of the church. The two found SE are only 7′ in girth, probably nearer to 5′ at the time of Cornish (1946). I was informed that the 6 Irish Yews replaced Taxus Baccata which were destroyed some time ago.