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Nearest town: Exeter

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Andrew

Diocese: Exeter

County: Devon

Country: England

Grid ref: SX92198569

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 7-Feb-99

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 7m+

Notes: A church with origins in the 12th century, replacing a Saxon building, though it is considered that this might have been a place of worship/meeting prior to Christianity. The yew is one of only a few in England or Wales whose significance has been recognised with a notice board, stating that it is 'among the oldest in England'.

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