Staverton

1890/91 The Western antiquary : or, Devon and Cornwall notebook / edited by W. H. K. Wright volume. X July 1890/91. On p138 is the following description: “In the churchyard of St George, at Staverton, is an old and hollow yew tree. It. stands near unto and opposite the south-west porch of the ancient fane. It is of great age. Mr. Ewan Christian, the well known architect to the Ecclesiastical Coommissioners at Whitehall, a gentleman who has made yew trees his study, affirms it his opinion that it ceased to grow fully 900 years ago. Its leaves were green, and it looked in capital condition when I saw it a day or two since.”
March 1999 – Tim Hills: Now two fragment trees. Evidence that this was an even larger tree still exists, though the piece of stump included in the 25′ approximate girth will decay and lead inevitably to lower girth in the future. Girths recorded excluding the stump were 23′ 1″ (704cm) at 1′ and 22′ 9″ (693cm) at between 2′ and 3′ (just beneath the bulge).
April 2015 – Peter Norton: A fragmenting female close to the southwest porch. Its southeast side has been lost and evidence of decay is still occurring. Foliage was quite thin and ivy starting to take hold. A girth of 22′ 4” (681cm) was recorded at a natural waistline.