Pictures of Hemsworth

Submitted by Alan Cave ©(5th October 2005)

A picture of Hemsworth

The mighty Yew tree at St Helens church, Hemsworth, West Yorkshire. This ancient tree, estimated to be over 700 years old, has a circumference of over 15 ft. There is a stone tablet at the base of the tree recording that it 'lost some of its noblest branches' during the great gale of January 1884.

A picture of: Hemsworth, West Yorkshire

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West Yorkshire, Churches, Trees & Woodlands

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Comment by Maureen Ardron(11th October 2008)

The Yew Tree is of course more than 3ft tall. the cicumference was measured 3ft from the ground

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