Tree ID: 819
Yews recorded: Ancient 7m+
Tree girth: 859cm
Girth height: at 110cm
Tree sex: female
Date of visit: 18-Sep-98
Source of earliest mention: 1835: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction
Notes:September 1998 – Tim Hills: Photographs 1 and 2 show the bole little changed in 110 years. Its hollows appear to be filled with flints embedded in concrete. Girth at the ground of 18′ 10” (574cm) swells by almost 10′ between the ground and 5′.
September 1999 -Russell Cleaver: A bulbous female tree SSE of the church. 4 leaders, cavity with concrete fill, open crown. Saxon tower, interesting churchyard. Girth of 28′ 2” (859cm at 1.1m). A second yew N of the church girthed 11′ 3”/3.43m at 1.1m.
August 2006 – Andrew Pearson greeted 38 members of Eibenfreunde (Friends of the Yew) visiting Warblington as part of their 10 day study of the finest yew sites in Southern England.
November 2011 – Peter Norton: Girth of 18′ 11” (577cm) close to ground using embedded nails as a guide.
Tree ID | Location | Photo | Yews recorded | Girth |
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819 | Warblington | Ancient 7m+ | 859cm at 110cm - view more info |