Crowhurst, Sussex, still inexistence, is mentioned by Evelyn as being 30 ft.in circumference ; while the hollow trunk of one atHardham, in the same county, with a girth, in1839, of 23 ft., was capable of containing twenty-seven people. On the south side of CudhamChurch, Kent, are two very large old… … Fioni a /•iiolu by k,. iitni^Uy. [Cullciroats. Yew Tree, Darley Churchyard. YFAV TREES IN CHURCHYARDS. 265 tree to be 23 ft. in the girth; while in hisMemoir, written about one hundred years later, itwas reported to have increased to 25 ft. In apaper by Mr. Pettigrew On the prevalence ofYew Trees…
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