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Luppitt

Nearest town: Honiton

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Mary

Diocese: Exeter

County: Devon

Country: England

Grid ref: ST16850680

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 6-Jan-11

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: Peter Norton: The present Church building is believed to have been constructed early in the 14th Century. It was restored in 1885 and 1923. Inside the church is a font that was found buried in the churchyard. It is the oldest in Devon, possibly late Saxon or early Norman. Two yews grow here, the oldest at the far west end of the churchyard and a younger specimen SE.