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Priston

Nearest town: Bath

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Luke and St Andrew

Diocese: Bath and Wells

County: Somerset

Country: England

Grid ref: ST69296042

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 1-Sep-97

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

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

Notes: Peter Norton: A wooden church was in existence in 930 when King Athelstan gave the manor of Priston to the monastery of Bath. The current building dates from around the 12th century and was restored in the 1860's. The yew grows on a mound to the SW.

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