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Bucknell

Nearest town: Knighton

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Mary

Diocese: Hereford

County: Shropshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SO35477388

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 11-Oct-99

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Conservation Area-Shropshire CC

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m, Ancient 5m-7m

Notes: 1999: Here is a small Norman church with a Saxon font. Two ancient female yews grow side by side ESE of the church, numbered 1 and 2 on the plan. Both are on mounds, girths are similar, yet they are very different in appearance. In 2015 Paul Wood noted another significant yew, number 3 on the plan.

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Yew trees at Bucknell:

Tree ID Location Photo Yews recorded Girth
307 Bucknell Ancient 5m-7m 589cm at the ground - view more info
306 Bucknell Ancient 5m-7m 579cm at 60cm - view more info
4733 Bucknell Ancient 4m-5m 488cm at the ground - view more info