Monyash

In the 1907 Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society is the following description: ‘The Monyash yew is only surpassed in interest among those of Derbyshire by the very ancient yew of Darley Dale churchyard, and by the fine example in Doveridge’.
July 2013 – Tim Hills: It is a fine and unusual churchyard yew, whose branches have been allowed to reach the ground all around the tree, creating an enclosed space which can only be entered close to the church tower. The tree consists of three trunks from a low bole. It was measured at the height of several embedded nails, just above the roots. The last photo shows a branch that has layered and the new young trees growing several metres from the parent.