St Mary's Church
St Mary, Selbornecounty:
Hampshire
... The churchyard of Selborne is most beautifully situated. The land is good, all about it. The trees are luxuriant and prone to be lofty and large. I measured the yew-tree in the churchyard, and found the trunk to be, according to my measurement, twenty-three feet, eight inches, in circumference. The trunk is very short, as is generally the case with yew-trees; but the head spread to a very great extent, and the whole tree, though probably several centuries old, appears to be in perfect health. ...
