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 pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 2023
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 1 2023
Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut) 1 2023
Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony) 1 2023
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 1 2023
Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) 1 2023
Amandinea punctata 1 1983
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2001
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2023
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 1 2023
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 1 2023
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1983
Aspicilia radiosa 1 1983
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1983
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2001
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2023
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 1983
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2001
Bryostigma lapidicola 1 1983
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2001
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2001
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2001
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1983
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 1983
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1983
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1983
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1983
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1983
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1983
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1983
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1983
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1983
Catapodium rigidum (Fern-grass) 1 2023
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 1 2023
Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) 1 2023
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 1 2023
Ceratochloa carinata (California Brome) 1 2023
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2001
Chiroptera (Bat) 1 2013
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 1 2023
Clauzadea monticola 1 1983
Clematis vitalba (Traveller's-joy) 1 2023
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) 1 2023
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 1 2023
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 1 2023
Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog's-tail) 1 2023
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2023
Dicranella heteromalla (Silky Forklet-moss) 1 2001
Didymodon fallax (Fallacious Beard-moss) 1 2001
Didymodon sinuosus (Wavy Beard-moss) 1 2001

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

Data sets Licence Records