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Bignor

Nearest town: Petworth

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: The Holy Cross

Diocese: Chichester

County: Sussex - West

Country: England

Grid ref: SU98251467

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 4-Jun-99

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 5m-7m, Lost

Notes: The present church dates from the late 11th century. In 1944 Major G.B.Hill wrote to Cornish of 'Two old yews, the older reckoned to be 600 years'. Only one remains.

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