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In 2002 the Ashbrittle Yew was selected as one of '50 Great British Trees' chosen to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. A carved sign stands beside the tree and bears the following information: The Ashbrittle Yew, Taxus Baccata, Reputed To Be Over 3000 Years Old. This tree was mature when Stonehenge was in use.
Puzzlewood (grid reference) is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The site, covering 14 acres (5.7 ha), shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of 8 metres (26 ft) at 0.3 metres. [1] The tree is at least 1,400 years old, [2] and could be as old as 2,500 years. [3]
A coin wish tree can be found in Colby Woodland Garden. A coin tree is near the Tarr Steps in Exmoor. [8] A coin tree can be found in the grounds of Bolton Abbey. Ingleborough Nature Trail on the Clapham Beck in North Yorkshire has a yew as a coin tree. A coin tree can be found on the walk around Tarn Hows in the Lake District. The tree has ...
Epicormic albino leaf growth on the smaller Defynnog Yew. This yew tree or trees stands in the churchyard of St Cynog's Church.It is very hard to accurately determine the age of yew trees [7] [8] and a nearby café and gift shop holds a certificate of 2002 from the Yew Tree Campaign, signed by David Bellamy, which states that "according to all the data we have to hand" the tree is dated to ...
The Crowhurst Yew is a yew tree in the churchyard of St George's Church in Crowhurst, Surrey, England. It is thought to be about 4,000 years old. Its girth was measured in 1630 as 30 feet (9.1 m). It was mentioned by John Evelyn in 1664, and John Aubrey mentioned it in his Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, published in ...
Torreya taxifolia, commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar, but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood, is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family, Taxaceae. It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region of northern Florida and southwestern Georgia .
Yew Tree House is a historic building in Cawood, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was originally built in the mid to late 17th century. Stables were added in the 18th century, and in the 19th century a two-storey block was added, linking the house to the stables.