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Tree ID: 1154

Yews recorded: Lost

Tree girth: No data

Girth height: not measured

Tree sex: unspecified

Date of visit: 5-May-02

Source of earliest mention: 1791: Collinson/Rack - History of Somerset

Notes:

May 2002 – Tim Hills: Described in 1791 as ‘an ancient yew tree, the body of which is 14′ in circumference. The trunk is quite hollow, but it has a fine spreading head’. In 2002 there was no trace of the tree. See also Somerset young yews on the Bath and Wells diocese webpage.