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Shirley

Tree ID: 763

Yews recorded: Ancient 5m-7m

Tree girth: 556cm

Girth height: at 30cm

Tree sex: male

Date of visit: 14-Jun-02

Source of earliest mention: 1813: General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: John Farey

Notes:

June 2002 – Tim Hills: The bole is a mix of live and dead wood. It divides at 6′ into two substantial upright branches. Foliage was dense enough to permit photography in torrential rain. Girth was 18′ 3′ (556cm) at 1′ and 17′ 11′ (546cm) at 3′.