Henfield

Sylva Florifera described ‘a large yew-tree standing in the churchyard at Henfield, in Sussex, whose extending branches cast a thick shade over all the graves in the angle in which it stands. This part of the burial ground is fenced with a holly-hedge, that adds considerably to the gloom of the spot’.
The tree described is almost certainly the tree growing furthest from the church, almost in the SE corner of the churchyard. It is still a dark spot, but the holly hedge has become tall holly trees.
This male yew (seen in the first 2 photos) consists of 3 trunks above a bole of about 3ft height. A larger girthed male yew (seen in the final photo) also grows on the south perimeter, but gave no impression of such an aged tree.