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Blore Ray

Nearest town: Ashbourne

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Bartholomew

Diocese: Lichfield

County: Staffordshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SK13744931

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 1-Jul-13

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Lost

Notes: In 1848 Blore Ray was Blore Roy. Ordnance survey maps today call it simply Blore, though since there is another Blore in Staffordshire, it is worth making this distinction. The church was built here in around 1100.