The trees, which are only found on the island, grow to be almost 100 feet tall and are thought to be as old as 800 years. These two yew trees, which flank the door to the Church of St. Edward in ...

Each year on Hallowe'en and 31 July the Angelystor is said to appear in the medieval church of Llangernyw in Conwy. On those dates it solemnly announces, in Welsh, the names of those parish members ...

Another age-defying tree is the 50-century-old yew tree located in the town of Llangernyw in Swansea, Wales. According to experts' estimates, the tree is between 4,000 and 5,000 years old ...

A "magnificent" Surrey yew tree, which is thought to be more than 500 years old, has been named the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year. The tree is growing in the grounds of the ruined Waverley ...

This gnarled old tree still survives though and produces ... of nuts that help to feed the estate’s red squirrels. This yew tree, which grows in the churchyard of St James’, Nantglyn, has ...

but many graveyards feature yew trees in the UK. The myth of the Llangernyw yew is enough to send a shiver down your spine! Some say it's 5,000 years old and that on Halloween the churchyard is ...

Previously, paclitaxel was extracted from the bark of the Pacific yew, a slow growing Pacific Northwest tree, by stripping the bark of the tree. To make the medicine effective, it required an average ...