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Kennington

Tree ID: 538

Yews recorded: Ancient 5m-7m

Tree girth: 660cm

Girth height: at 30cm

Tree sex: female

Date of visit: 1-Apr-99

Source of earliest mention: 1936: The King's England - Arthur Mee

Notes:

1999 and 2013 – Tim Hills: Two hollow fragment trees which are drifting apart. Wire has been stretched around the branches to slow this process.
Girth increases between 1999 and 2013 are as follows: around both trunks at 1′ – 21′ 3” (648cm) in 1999 and 21′ 8½” (662cm) in 2013.
Around the trunk on the left in photo 2: 13′ 3” ((404cm) at 1′ in 1999 and 13′ 8½” (418cm) at 1′ in 2013.
Around the trunk on the right: 11′ 7” at 1′ in 1999 and 12′ 2” at the same height in 2013.

Yew trees at Kennington:

Tree ID Location Photo Yews recorded Girth
538 Kennington Ancient 5m-7m 660cm at 30cm - view more info
539 Kennington Ancient 5m-7m 574cm at 90cm - view more info
537 Kennington Ancient 5m-7m 508cm at the ground - view more info
536 Kennington Ancient 7m+ No data available - view more info