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.

[counting] species

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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) 2 2019
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple) 4 2019
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 10 2020
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 10 2020
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 2 2019
Agelastica alni (Alder Leaf Beetle) 3 2020
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 3 2019
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 4 2020
Alnus glutinosa (Alder) 2 2019
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 2 2020
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 16 2020
Aquilegia vulgaris (Columbine) 2 2020
Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort) 3 2019
Barbarea vulgaris (Winter-cress) 4 2020
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 12 2020
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 2 2019
Betula pubescens (Downy Birch) 2 2020
Brassica rapa (Turnip) 1 2020
Buddleja davidii (Butterfly-bush) 2 2020
Cardamine flexuosa (Wavy Bitter-cress) 2 2019
Cedrus atlantica (Atlas Cedar) 3 2019
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 2 2019
Centaurium erythraea (Common Centaury) 1 2023
Cepaea (Cepaea) hortensis (White-lipped Snail) 1 2019
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 2 2019
Cerastium glomeratum (Sticky Mouse-ear) 8 2020
Chrysolina americana (Rosemary Beetle) 1 2008
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 4 2020
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 8 2020
Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot Ladybird) 4 2020
Cornus sanguinea (Dogwood) 2 2019
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 9 2020
Cotoneaster simonsii (Himalayan Cotoneaster) 1 2019
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 12 2020
Crataegus persimilis (Broad-leaved Cockspurthorn) 1 2019
Crataegus 3 2019
Cyclamen hederifolium (Sowbread) 1 2020
Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass) 1 2019
Epilobium hirsutum (Great Willowherb) 2 2019
Epilobium montanum (Broad-leaved Willowherb) 2 2019
Epilobium (Willowherb) 1 2020
Epipactis helleborine (Broad-leaved Helleborine) 3 2019
Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail) 6 2020
Erinaceus europaeus (West European Hedgehog) 8 2022
Euonymus japonicus (Evergreen Spindle) 2 2019
Euphorbia helioscopia (Sun Spurge) 2 2020
Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge) 4 2019
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 10 2019
Forsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. x intermedia (Forsythia) 1 2020
Fraxinus angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Ash) 3 2019

Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records