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Bonneville sur Touques

Nearest town: Deauville

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: Saint-Germain- et-Saint-Loup

Diocese: No Data

County: Calvados - Normandie

Country: France

Grid ref: not known

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 13-Jul-11

Recorded by: Wim Peeters

Protection & responsibility: No data

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

Notes: In Arcisse de Caumont's 1862 Statistique monumental du Calvados, vol 4, on p269 he writes that there are two beautiful yews in the cemetery, one south of the nave, the other south of the choir. The church is situated less than 1 km from the old castle of William The Conqueror in Bonneville-sur-Touques. Two yews formed a line parallel with the church on the south side. The second tree, now lost, was of a similar size to the one recorded here.