Notes Hurstmonceaux, Iffley 223 



13 feet. It is probable that this amount of growth 

 has been produced in about fifty years, judging from 

 the appearance of the upper part of the dead trunk. 

 The clerk tells me he sees no marked difference 

 during the last thirty-six years, his tenure of office. 

 It certainly cannot be much beyond the half-century 

 since the top was broken. It is probable that these 

 13 feet of girth may have been produced in about 

 trie same period, for I have elsewhere found that a 

 broken tree becomes surrounded with young growth 

 in two or three years. 



The height of the tree is about 30 feet. 



At the foot of the tree is the grave of Arch- 

 deacon Hare. 



Iffley. The tree in Iffley Churchyard, near Oxford, 

 ' is supposed to be coeval with the church, which it 

 is believed was built previous to the Norman 

 Conquest. The dimensions of this tree in 1836 

 were as follows : Girth of the trunk, at 2 feet 

 from the ground, 20 feet, and at 4 feet from the 

 ground, where the branches begin, 17 feet. 



* The trunk is now little more than a shell, and 

 there is an opening on the east side of the tree, 

 which is 4 feet high and about 4 feet in width. 

 The cavity within is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. 

 The height of the tree is 22 feet.' l 



The Rev. H. Walmisley tells me that the date 

 of the church is 1 1 30. ' The yew is a good deal 



1 London, Arboretum, vol. iv. 2076. 



