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Saxon Churchyards

Wessex minsters and the trees that stand with them

Tiny complete Saxon churches, a lost celebrity Gilbert White measured, and the Wiltshire giant at Tisbury. Built for anyone arguing that some English yews were already old when the parish system formed.

6 stops · Hampshire & Wiltshire · about 293 km as the crow flies between legs — roads are longer.

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  1. 1

    Boarhunt Yew

    Complete Saxon church, veteran yew.

  2. 2

    Breamore Yew

    Porticus, inscription, churchyard yew.

    47 km from previous stop

  3. 3

    Brockenhurst Yew

    Oldest church in the New Forest.

    23 km from previous stop

  4. 4

    Selborne Yew

    White's tree — recorded as lost.

    54 km from previous stop

  5. 5

    Tisbury Yew

    Walk-through hollow bole.

    80 km from previous stop

  6. 6

    Ashbrittle Yew

    Yew on a possible barrow.

    90 km from previous stop