Tree ID: 4310
Yews recorded: Notable
Tree girth: 346cm
Girth height: at 130cm
Tree sex: unspecified
Date of visit: No data
Source of earliest mention: 1880: Paper presented to Croydon Nat. Hist.& Scientific Soc. by E.Straker
Notes:1880: When Straker presented a paper to the Croydon Natural History Society in 1880, the yew at Chaldon was recorded as having a girth of 8′ 3” (251cm).
In 1994 the survey was repeated by Gwyneth Fookes, who recorded a girth of 11′ 3” (343cm) at 5′.
In 2013 Wim Brinkerink recorded the yew as 3.46 at 1.3m. It has a good clean bole and slight hollowing.
Tree ID | Location | Photo | Yews recorded | Girth |
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4310 | Chaldon | Notable | 346cm at 130cm - view more info |