These two yew trees, which flank the door to the Church of St. Edward in Stow-on-the-Wold, England, were probably survivors of an avenue of trees that led to the door of the church. The Church of ...

Whittington Parish Church has a yet tree which is believed to date back to 1272, the year Edward I of Braveheart fame ascended the English throne Public notices Newsletters ...

BENEATH those rugged elms, that yew-tree’s shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould’ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. It is the ...

Another ancient tree dedicated to the Queen is the Yew tree which frames the North Door of St Edward’s Church in Gloucestershire. This tree may also have inspired JRR Tolkien’s description of ...

Holeslack Wood Yew An easy walk from St John’s Church, Helsington, Cumbria. Thought to be 1,600 years old, this yew is like an illustration to a fairy tale, with its bulging, fluted lower trunk.

St Peter’s Church in Selsey was hit with high winds in the early hours of the morning and rectors and church wardens were met with the site of its large yew tree collapsed onto the road when ...

Mogens EngelundThe Fortingall Yew tree in Perthshire, U.K., could be the oldest living organism in Europe. Crowds of unruly people can be stressful in any situation, but it has been particularly ...

A yew tree is set for a trim to protect the church in 'Nelson's village'. West Norfolk Council has agreed the specimen in the grounds of All Saints Church at Burnham Thorpe, near Burnham Market ...

Church communities across Suffolk are being encouraged to record their historic churchyard trees as part of 'Love Your Yew Week.' ...

More than 600 years later St Mary and St Peter’s Church was built next to it in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest. The tree’s branches are propped up with beams to ensure they do not droop.

Wilmington is one of the Saxon fortified hill villages probably settled by Aelle after 477AD. The name is derived from Wylm ...

A Liverpool church could be prosecuted after destroying two ancient yew trees protected by preservation orders.. St James’ Methodist and United Reformed Church in Woolton cut down the trees ...