Whitchurch Canonicorum

4/6/1998: In a letter to David Bellamy at the Conservation Foundation, Dr Betty Herman described “the large yew standing alone in the graveyard NW of the church is a truly magnificent tree, with a perfect shape. Its girth at 3′ is 10′ 9” (328cm) and at 4′ is 11′ 3” (343cm).”
Allen Meredith estimated an age of 300 yrs and a certificate was sent.
12/5/2012: Peter Norton noted five yews leading south from the east gate, the first three male, with girths of 9′ 1″ (277cm), 8′ 11″ (272cm) and 11′ 5″ (348cm).
Next, a much smaller yew, and lastly one with the appearance of being around 12′.
A further six grow along the south perimeter, and along with the fifth in the previous group could not be measured due to a very steep bank and dense vegetation. Along the west perimeter are a further four young yews.
Just west of the porch is the male, shown here, growing from a small mound and girthing 11′ 8″ (356cm) close to the top of the mound.