Ancient yew, St Nicholas' churchyard
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Ancient yew, St Nicholas' churchyard
Image: © David Long Taken: 27 Oct 2009
This hollow yew stands outside the main door of the church - which it probably pre-dates. Now held together by two encircling hawsers, it is encircled by an octagonal bench, each side of which is over a yard long, which gives the tree a girth of over 25 feet.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.270378
Longitude
1.054416