Ancient yew tree in the churchyard, Langley Marish
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Ancient yew tree in the churchyard, Langley Marish
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 15 Mar 2011
There are a number of fine old yews in this churchyard, but this one is quite remarkable. The tree is quite hollow, and has split in two and opened up. My guess was that the tree's circumference at the base was about 20 feet, but the Ancient Yew Group http://www.ancient-yew.org/ gives its girth (at ground level) as 23' 3" when measured in 1999. They classify it as 'ancient' rather than just 'veteran'. The tree stands towards the south-west corner of the churchyard.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.505413
Longitude
-0.55308