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Bromsgrove

Nearest town: Birmingham

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St John the Baptist

Diocese: Worcester

County: Worcestershire

Country: England

Grid ref: SO95707070

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 3-Oct-05

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Lost

Notes: In 1877 the following information was reported by the Worcestershire Naturalists Club: 'A very old and shattered yew tree in the churchyard (St John) claimed attention, and it was said to be the oldest yew in Worcestershire. It is quite hollow, and may certainly claim to have existed a thousand years, and probably stood here when a Christian fabric was first reared on the hill'.