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story, but we thought of the Henfield yew- 

 tree. 



There is a yew-tree in Martley churchyard, 

 Worcestershire, about twelve yards in circum- 

 ference* In the churchyard at Ashill, in 

 Somersetshire, are two very large yew-trees, 

 one fifteen feet round, with a vast spread of 

 branches, extending N. and S. fifty-six feet. 

 The other divides into three large trunks 

 just above the ground, but many of the 

 branches are decayed. Two trees are now 

 growing on the hill above Fountain's Abbey, 

 near Ripton, which, in 1770, measured in 

 circumference from thirteen feet to twenty- 

 six feet six inches. At Mill Hill, Hendon, 

 in Middlesex, are four beautiful yew-trees, 

 which, in 1797, measured from seven to nine 

 feet each in circumference. 



In the churchyard at Aberystwith, are 

 eleven yew-trees, the largest twenty-four 

 feet, and the smallest eleven and a half in 

 circumference. 



Mr. Pennant mentions one in Fontingal 

 churchyard, in the Highlands of Scotland, 

 the ruins of which measured fifty-six feet and 

 a half in circumference. 



In Ireland, there is a yew-tree at Mucrus 

 Abbey, having one great stem, two feet in 

 diameter, and fourteen feet high, with a vast 



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