MAJESTIC: David Chestney stands next to the yew tree in Whittington Parish Church's churchyard (Image: James Connell/Newsquest photos) The tree has outlasted kings and queens, bishops and vicars ...

A majestic yew tree believed to be the better part of a thousand years old rises from a churchyard, casting its long shadow over worn and tumbled graves. The gnarled and hollow ancient yew in ...