Selborne

Gilbert White said of this yew: ‘In 1789 was apparently of great age. The body was short, squat and thick, and girthed 23ft, supporting a large head. It was a male.’
The Hants Antiquary and Naturalist 1890 reproduced an article that appeared in The Hampshire Independent on October 5th 1889. This extract is from this article. “I measured the yew tree in the churchyard, and found the trunk to be, according to my measurement, 23 feet 8 inches in circumference. The trunk is very short, as is generally the case with yew trees, but the head spreads to a very great extent, and the whole tree, though probably several centuries old, appears to be in perfect health.”
Russell Cleaver – The famous 26′ (8m) yew here blew down in the gale of Jan 1990. It was re-erected and seemed to survive for a short while, but soon after died. Its stump has been left to decay for wildlife.