| 词条 | Ankerwycke Yew |
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The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of {{convert|8|m|ft}} at 0.3 metres.[1] The tree is at least 1,400 years old,[2] and could be as old as 2,500 years.[3] On the opposite bank of the River Thames are the meadows of Runnymede and this tree is said to have been witness to the signing of Magna Carta. It is also said to be the location where Henry VIII met Anne Boleyn in the 1530s.[4] {{quote|"Here the confederate Barons met King John, and having forced him to yield to the demands of his subjects they, under the pretext of securing the person of the King from the fury of the multitude, conveyed him to a small island belonging to the nuns of Ankerwyke [the island], where he signed the Magna Carta," wrote J.J. Sheahen in 1822.[5]}}There is some justification for the theory that the Ankerwycke Yew could be 'the last surviving witness to the sealing of the Magna Carta 800 years ago'. [6] 'In the 13th Century, the landscape would have been different as the area was probably rather marshy as it was within the flood plain of the Thames. The Ankerwycke Yew is on a slightly raised area of land (therefore dry) and with the proximity of the Priory perhaps both lend some credibility to this claim.' [7] The Ankerwycke Yew is situated on lands managed by the National Trust. In 2002 it was designated one of fifty Great British Trees[8] by The Tree Council. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk/recording/tree.htm?tree=efc44999-bcef-4c72-b8a1-a9a647581ece |title=Ancient Tree Hunt |accessdate=2010-03-08 |publisher=Woodland Trust |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914170610/http://www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk/recording/tree.htm?tree=efc44999-bcef-4c72-b8a1-a9a647581ece |archivedate=2009-09-14 }} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Bevan-Jones |first=Robert |title=The ancient yew: a history of Taxus baccata |year=2004 |publisher=Windgather Press |location=Bollington |isbn=0-9545575-3-0 |page=57}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/runnymede/features/ankerwycke |title=Ankerwycke |accessdate=14 November 2016 |publisher=National Trust}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/runnymede/features/ankerwycke |title=Ankerwycke |accessdate=14 November 2016 |publisher=National Trust}} 5. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.wraysbury.net/history/magnacarta.htm | title=Magna Carta and the Ankerwycke Yew | website=wraysbury.net | accessdate=27 February 2016 }} 6. ^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/countryside/11878616/Tree-of-the-Year-2015-last-surviving-witness-to-Magna-Carta-on-shortlist.html. Retrieved 3 November 2018. 7. ^https://alondoninheritance.com/out-of-london/the-ankerwycke-yew/. Retrieved 3 November 2018. 8. ^{{Cite sign |title=The Ankerwycke Yew | year=2002 | type=Plaque}} External links
6 : Individual yew trees|Individual trees in the United Kingdom|History of Berkshire|History of the River Thames|Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead|Magna Carta |
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