| Show En glands old trees the oldest tree in E england la is tile the yew tree at brabury Bra buru in kent which Is said to be years old while at ron For ignal rignal in perthshire Perth shire Is one nearly as old at Anker wyke house near staines Is a yew tree which was wag famous at the date of the signing sig maln of magna charta ma 1215 and later was the trysting place of aenry vill VIII and anna boleyn the three beis yews at bounta fountains ris abbey are at least 1200 1260 3 ears cars old and beneath them the founders of the abbey sat in 1132 there are arc no famous oaks that rival any yew in age a go 2000 years being tile greatest a age go attained ua da moneys oak in devonshire which was blown down in 1703 hall had tills this distinction Cow thorlie oak near wetherby yorkshire Is slid to be 1000 years old philadelphia press |
