Papplewick

1884: Girth was recorded as 14′. Its hollow cavity was noted with the description of ‘a young sapling sprung up in the cavity’.
2009 – Tim Hills: The young sapling is undoubtedly an internal stem, and it could still just be seen through the timbers which had been hammered onto the tree. The tombstone lying close to the tree bears the date 17th April 1667. We can only speculate whether this yew was planted for Alfred Sadler or whether he was buried beneath an already old and established yew. The tree is reported locally to be about 350 years old, but could be older.
I recorded girth as follows: 13′ 2” (401cm) at the height of the surrounding seat, 14′ 0” (427cm) at 3′ and 14′ 11” (455cm) at 4′. This suggests a slow rate of growth.