2OO Yew- Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



I have made inquiries as to the period when this 

 tree disappeared, but cannot learn anything definite. 

 Rev. Charles Marson, Vicar of Clevedon, tells me 

 that there was no yew-tree there in 1871, the year 

 of his appointment. 



Mr. W. W. Winsor, in reply to a letter of inquiry 

 (Feb. 6, 1896) in the Clevedon Gazette, states that 

 the present sexton informs him that there was a 

 very old yew-tree in the churchyard when his 

 father was appointed seventy years ago, but he 

 does not give the date of its disappearance. 



A sketch in my possession shows a tree at the 

 north-east corner, apparently a yew. The sketch 

 was made by a lady, who only filled in the outline, 

 which was subsequently finished by an artist with 

 considerable and, perhaps, allowable licence. But 

 unfortunately Mr. Winsor's letter shows, on the 

 authority of the sexton, that the tree was a willow. 



Clieveden, Berkshire. There is a fine female 

 tree at the end of the avenue, near the Keeper's 

 Cottage in the wood. It is probably 60 in height 

 in the main stem, which is straight and well-grown, 

 one of three good-sized limbs. The main trunk 

 divides at about 7 feet ; below this point it measures 

 about 1 6 to 1 8 feet in girth. All the yew-trees at 

 this place are remarkably free from the attacks of 

 galls. One of them, finely painted by Lord Leighton, 

 was exhibited at Burlington House this year. 



Crow/mrst, Surrey. It is not a little remarkable 



