Yew Tree Chronicles Episodes

Aug. 25, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles 11: The Glorious Revolution

"Queen Mary and Queen Anne were from Hatch... and local boy Chris Wren was up in London designing a big new cathedral, so although Tisbury was a long way from the Big Smoke, we couldn't help feeling we had friends in high places." The Yew Tree 'remembers' the 1700s and the Glorious Revolution. Liz …

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Aug. 25, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles 10 The Restoration of the Monarchy

"The division the Civil War caused around here was frankly so exhausting I wanted to lie down but I can't lie down, obviously, I'm a tree..." says Tisbury's ancient Yew Tree, brilliantly acted by Liz Coyle Camp. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie An…

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Aug. 24, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles 9 The Civil War

"The day I heard that the King had lost his head, nose to the block in Whitehall, surrounded by non-wellwishers, quite honestly I was beside myself..." says Tisbury's Ancient Yew Tree, voiced by the brilliant Liz Coyle Camp....

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Aug. 24, 2025

The Yew Tree Chronicles Part 7 The Reformation and Henry Eighth

"What the holly tree!.. I gasped to myself. The King has had his own wife felled like a rotting oak? I was shaken to my inner bark. What sort of man does that to his own wife?! Queen Anne Boleyn was dead and the turbulence th...

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Feb. 16, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles Part 8: Elizabethan Times

Tisbury Yew Tree Chronicles: Liz Coyle Camp continues narrating our historical comedy of Tisbury's history, very loosely 'remembered' by Tisbury's 4,000 year old yew tree. This week, our yew remembers Good Queen Bess and won...

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Dec. 29, 2024

Yew Tree Chronicles Part 6 'The Plantagenets'

Tisbury's Yew Tree is still evergreen and fascinating, though she says so herself! This week she remembers the Plantagenet era: "The Middle Ages was fun for some but grim for many! Here, St John's Church was built right besid...

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Nov. 8, 2024

Yew Tree Chronicles 5 'The Normans'

TisTalk presents Part 5 of The Yew Tree Chronicles: 'The Normans' A fanciful history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, seen through the eyes of our 4,000 year old Yew Tree in St John's Churchyard. Voiced by Liz Coyle-Camp, written by Ju...

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Oct. 22, 2024

Yew Tree Chronicles Part 4 'Viking Attack' T

TisTalk presents Part 4 of The Yew Tree Chronicles: 'Viking Attack!' A fanciful history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, seen through the eyes of our 4,000 year old Yew Tree in St John's Churchyard. Voiced by Liz Coyle-Camp, written by...

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Oct. 8, 2024

Tisbury's Yew Tree Chronicles Part 3 'The Saxons' with Liz Coyle-Camp

TisTalk presents Part three of The Yew Tree Chronicles! A fanciful history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, seen through the eyes of our 4,000 year old Yew Tree in St John's Churchyard. Voiced by Liz Coyle-Camp, written by Julie Ann Mu...

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Sept. 26, 2024

Tisbury's Yew Tree Chronicles Part 2 'The Romans' (5 mins)

TisTalk presents Part 2 of the Yew Tree Chronicles - a fanciful history of Tisbury, Wtilshire, seen through the eyes of our ancient yew tree in St John's Churchyard. Some say she (yes it is a female tree bearing berries) is 4...

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Sept. 12, 2024

Tisbury's Yew Tree Chronicles Part 1 'The Durotriges (circa 400 BC)'

TisTalk presents Part one of The Yew Tree Chronicles! A fanciful history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, seen through the eyes of our 4,000 year old Yew Tree in St John's Churchyard. Voiced by Liz Coyle-Camp, written by Julie Ann Murp...

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