| Crowhurst Yew | |
| Species: | English yew |
| Location: | Crowhurst, Surrey |
| Coordinates: | 51.2094°N -0.0105°W |
The Crowhurst Yew is a yew tree in the churchyard of St George's Church in Crowhurst, Surrey, England.
It is thought to be about 4,000 years old. Its girth was measured in 1630 as . It was mentioned by John Evelyn in 1664, and John Aubrey mentioned it in his Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, published in 1718–19.[1]
It is a male tree, situated east-north-east of the church, and its girth was measured in 2013 as 32feet at height .[2]
There is a hollow interior space, with a door about high.[2] When the hollow space was created in 1820, a cannonball was discovered embedded in the side, probably from a nearby skirmish during the English Civil War. At one time the Parish Council met at the tree.[1] [3]
It was designated by the Tree Council as one of the 50 Great British Trees in the United Kingdom, to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2002.[4]