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Bignor

Tree ID: 1121

Yews recorded: Lost

Tree girth: No data

Girth height: not measured

Tree sex: unspecified

Date of visit: 4-Jun-99

Source of earliest mention: 1858: A handbook for travellers in Kent and Sussex -King and Murray

Notes:

The ivy covered stump of this yew can still be seen. Its girth was known to be above 15′ when Swanton reported that it was ‘drastically pruned to prevent accidents’. This must have killed the tree which was then cut down in 1982.