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Sprotbrough Hall

Tree ID: 2862

Yews recorded: Lost

Tree girth: 472cm

Girth height: at 90cm

Tree sex: unspecified

Date of visit: No data

Source of earliest mention: 1838: Arboretum et fruticetum

Notes:

A large yew growing in its parkland was recorded by Loudon in 1838 as follows: Its girth measured at 3ft from the ground was a very respectable 15ft 6 in, its canopy had a diameter of some 63ft and it was judged to have been 34ft in height. This tree no longer exists.