254 Yew- Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



(C) YEW AT TRENTHAM. 

 From a Photograph by Miss PIGOTT. 



Tytherley. According to Loudon, 1 there are 

 two yew-trees in the churchyard at Queenwood, 

 near Tytherley, in Wiltshire, which are above Jive 

 hundred years ; the largest is 28 feet high ; dia- 

 meter of trunk 3 feet 6 inches, and of the head 

 50 feet.' According to Christison's rate of growth, 

 this diameter would make the trees 262 years old 



1 Arboretum^ vol. iv. 2075. 



