Ecological summary

Burial grounds are fantastic places for biodiversity, often containing species rich grassland which was once widespread in the UK. The walls and monuments create habitat for amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and invertebrates as well as ferns, mosses and liverworts. Of the 2,000 lichen species in the UK, 700 are found in churchyards with a third of these rarely found elsewhere. Check for thrushes feeding on yew berries and swifts and bats under the eaves.

Caring for God's Acre is a national charity dedicated to supporting those managing burial grounds for conservation and heritage purposes. More information on the support offered can be found on their website here: https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk. To view the occurrence records in this burial ground click on the View records button underneath the map.

Ancient & Veteran Trees

The UK holds a globally important population of veteran and ancient yew trees of which three-quarters are found in the churchyards of England and Wales. There are about 800 of these ancient and veteran yews, aged from 500 to several 1,000 years old, with no known upper age limit. Burial grounds may contain veteran trees of other species.

Burial grounds may also contain veteran trees of other species, acting as hosts to a wealth of associated plants, animals, lichen and fungi.

Bats and Swifts

Bats – Bats use both the buildings and also the mature and veteran trees within burial grounds to roost, breed and overwinter. These places are relatively unchanging and so populations may have built up over centuries. In addition, bats may forage and feed over the grassland and other vegetation, taking advantage of the wide variety of insect species to be found.

Swifts – The eaves, roofs, towers and steeples of historic churches and chapels, combined with the space around them for accessing nooks and crannies make burial grounds excellent for nesting swifts. These buildings are relatively unchanging and so populations may have built up over centuries. Nests are hard to find and so surveying is crucial for good management.

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Datasets

datasets have provided data to the NBN Atlas Beautiful Burial Grounds for this place.

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Other Heritage Information

Group Species

[counting] species

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acer campestre (Field Maple) 1 2015
Ajuga reptans (Bugle) 1 2015
Anacamptis morio (Green-winged Orchid) 1 2024
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) 1 2015
Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee) 1 2015
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) 1 2015
Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) 1 2015
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 2 2015
Cirsium acaule (Dwarf Thistle) 1 2015
Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot Ladybird) 1 2015
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 1 2015
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 1 2015
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2015
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 1 2015
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2015
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 1 2015
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 1 2015
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 2015
Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam) 1 2015
Jacobaea vulgaris (Common Ragwort) 1 2015
Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling) 1 2015
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 1 2015
Lotus corniculatus (Common Bird's-foot-trefoil) 1 2015
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit) 1 2015
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 2015
Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) 1 2015
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn) 1 2015
Pseudochorthippus parallelus (Meadow Grasshopper) 1 2015
Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken) 2 2015
Ranunculus acris (Meadow Buttercup) 1 2015
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 2015
Roeseliana roeselii (Roesel's Bush Cricket) 1 2015
Rubus fruticosus agg. (Bramble) 1 2015
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 1 2015
Taraxacum (Dandelion) 1 2015
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 1 2015
Trifolium repens (White Clover) 1 2015
Urtica dioica (Common Nettle) 1 2015
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records