Nearest town: Ilminster
Site type: churchyard
Access: Public
Church name: St Mary the Virgin
Diocese: Bath and Wells
County: Somerset
Country: England
Grid ref: ST38661710
Lost yew site: No
Date visited: 25-Feb-06
Recorded by: Tim Hills
Protection & responsibility: Churches Conservation Trust
Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 5m-7m
Notes: This 13th century church stands isolated on a hillside surrounded by parkland. Records indicate that many houses surrounded the church as recently as 1791, but these have all gone. The church was declared redundant in 1973 and is now cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust.There is parking for one car by a signpost to the church - a couple of hundred yards across a field. The yew grows NW of the church.
Site files:
Tree ID | Location | Photo | Yews recorded | Girth |
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2192 | Stocklinch Ottersey | Ancient 5m-7m | 625cm at 75cm - view more info |