226 Yew- Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



upper half; the upright portion is now 30 feet in 

 girth at the ground level, 24 feet in girth at 5 feet. 

 The slanting portion is hollow, 36 feet at ground 

 level, 32 feet at 5 feet. Total diameter of umbrage 

 65 feet. 



' Both parts show great vigour of growth. I think 

 the yew was hollow before it was split, and the 

 interior shows fire-action.' 



1 Outside the "Wood-patch Grove" stands a 

 yew-tree 30 feet at ground level, 26 feet at 5 feet, 

 sound and growing ; top not broken ; with plenty 

 of young growth. Forty or fifty years ago this 

 tree was hollow, and an old man remembers twelve 

 persons standing inside it, but it is now filled. It 

 stands by the river Kyre, which divides the counties 

 of Worcestershire and Herefordshire, and the Courts 

 Leets were formerly held by the owners of Kyre 

 under its shade/ 



'The grant from Edward i., A.D. 1275, to John 

 Wyard to enclose and plant the park at Caer Wyard, 

 still exists, but neither of the yews are in the park 

 or enclosure' (July 19, 1895). 



This tree affords another striking example such 

 as we find in those of Ankerwyke a, d Binder of 

 the rapid growth of central roots, by means of 

 which the trunk, after being hollow, again becomes 

 solid. 



Kyre Park contains many fine and notable trees 

 of oak, beech, etc. The largest yew might readily 



