Burstow

The yew, which grows SE of the church, is beginning to hollow.
1880 – Straker recorded a girth of 13′ 6” at 5′.
2001 – Tim Hills: I measured it to be 14′ 10” (452cm) between the ground and 1′ and 15′ 11” (485cm) at 3′. A comparative measurement at 5′ would have been inappropriate since branches pull outwards and the tape would need to pass over the remnant of a former stem. The tree has 2 main growth areas, the base of one of which is hollow. The limb preventing the 5′ measurement was dead.