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AYG directory record

Ancient 5m-7m, Lost

Southampton, Hampshire, England · Public access

This is a gazetteer pin, not a field profile. Open the Ancient Yew Group page for the survey notes. Age and girth here are class bands, not tapes.

LivingAncient 5m-7m, LostChurchyardPublic access

Brockenhurst Yew

Taxus baccata · Southampton, Hampshire, England · SU 305 017

Saxon fabric + veteran yew: a Hampshire type-site.

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Girth archive

Historic tapes, not a growth curve. Height of measurement varies.

Year	Girth	Recorder
2011	5.5 m	Ancient Yew Group · tape
2011	5.5 m	Ancient Yew Group · tape

Girth band: 5.5 m
Class band: 600–1,200 yrs
Confidence: Estimated
Sex: unknown

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Yew vs parish

The present church is in the same order of age as the tree — or older.

Yew (estimated midpoint)c. 1126

Present churchc. 1050

Sacred site (earliest)c. 800

Ages for hollow yews are estimated. A midpoint is a reading aid, not a ring count. Compare ranges on the profile, and treat anything beyond two millennia as a working hypothesis.

St Nicholas, Brockenhurst profile

Nearest recorded

20 other recorded yews within 10 miles.

New Forest – Perrywood Ironshill Inclosure1.9 km
New Forest – Anderwood Inclosure7.2 km
New Forest – Bolderwood8.2 km
Minstead8.9 km
Beaulieu – Keeping Copse9.2 km
New Milton9.9 km

On trails

Saxon Churchyards · historian