5/x So many churches were built next to already existing Yew trees. There are hypotheses around this, but all stem from the fact that #Yews were long (long before Christianity) sacred trees, both trees of death and #TreesOfLife. You can read a lot online but I particularly enjoyed this #BBCSounds #NaturalHistories #podcast with Brett Westwood (a really wonderful series all round by the way)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b082ymp5

The Haida’s fight to save their centuries-old ‘trees of life’ https://bit.ly/3UScYR3 #Haida #Indigenous #TreesOfLife #cdnpoli