St.Peter's church, Parwich, Derbyshire

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Society; Religion; Architecture; Churches; Yew Trees; Churchyards; Burial; Graves; Spire; Gravestones; Dry Stone Walls; Parwich; Derbyshire; England; UK; Gate; Winter; February

The church warden's accounts of 1713 listed-For Yew tree and fetching it £0-3s-06pence and for setting it 6pence. The yew's reputation for long life is due to the unique way in which the tree grows. Its branches grow down into the ground to form new stems, which then rise up around the old central growth as separate but linked trunks. After a time, they cannot be distinguished from the original tree. So the yew has always been a symbol of death and rebirth, the new that springs out of the old, and a fitting tree for us to study at the beginning of this new year. As the days now grow longer with the beginning of a new solar cycle, we move into the future on the achievements of the past, new creativity springs forth grounded in the accomplishments of " the year gone by.

John Hill

John Hill

2011-02-06

2011-02-09

John Hill DERBYSHIRE Collection

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