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Wimborne St Giles - churchyard

Tree ID: 2183

Yews recorded: Ancient 7m+

Tree girth: 721cm

Girth height: at 120cm

Tree sex: male

Date of visit: 23-Jan-06

Source of earliest mention: 1884: The Quiver

Notes:

1971 – Hatton Gardner: Girth of 21′ 8” (660cm) at 2′.
1988 – Hatton Gardner: Girth of 21′ 11¼” (669cm) at 2′
January 2006 – Peter Andrews: A very fine yew with a solid looking trunk, its considerable girth changes little in the first 4′. Girth 22′ 5” (683cm) at 1′.
April 2006 Tim Hills: The yew grows ESE of the church. Girth of 22′ 5” (683cm) at 1′ and 23′ 8” (721cm) at 4′. Ivy, which fills two huge branches, has been recently cut and will die back. Gaps in the trunk reveal internal growth. Branching begins at about 8′, with six large around the huge central branch.

A fine columnar yew, also male, grows SE. Measurements as follows:
1971 – Hatton Gardner: Girth of 10′ 7” (323cm) at 4′.
1988 – Hatton Gardner: Girth of 10′ 11” (333cm) at 4′.
2006 – Tim Hills: Girth 11′ 3” (343cm) at 2′.

Wimborne St Giles - churchyard

Yew trees at Wimborne St Giles - churchyard: