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

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

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
Acarospora fuscata 1 1984
Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk) 61 2020
Acer campestre (Field Maple) 7 2000
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple) 2 1999
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 8 1996
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 10 1999
Acrocordia salweyi 2 1971
Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed Tit) 240 2020
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 8 1999
Aesculus carnea (Red Horse-chestnut) 2 1995
Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut) 5 1996
Aeshna cyanea (Southern Hawker) 3 2019
Aeshna grandis (Brown Hawker) 1 2015
Agabus guttatus 1 1941
Aglais io (Peacock) 67 2023
Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell) 56 2023
Agonimia tristicula 1 1984
Agonum emarginatum 1 1980
Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony) 7 1999
Agrostis canina 2 1995
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 2 1999
Agrostis gigantea (Black Bent) 2 1996
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent) 6 1996
Ajuga reptans (Bugle) 3 1996
Alauda arvensis (Skylark) 1 2020
Alchemilla mollis (Garden Lady's-mantle) 2 1995
Alectoris rufa (Red-legged Partridge) 5 2019
Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain) 5 2000
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 10 1999
Allium ursinum (Ramsons) 2 1996
Alnus glutinosa (Alder) 2 1996
Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail) 2 1996
Alopecurus myosuroides (Black-grass) 2 1996
Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) 6 1996
Amandinea punctata 5 1995
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 2 2012
Amsinckia micrantha (Common Fiddleneck) 2 1996
Anacamptis morio (Green-winged Orchid) 1 1720
Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid) 3 1996
Anas crecca (Teal) 1 2019
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) 8 2020
Anax imperator (Emperor Dragonfly) 2 2019
Angelica sylvestris (Wild Angelica) 5 2000
Anisomeridium biforme 2 1996
Anisomeridium polypori 1 1995
Anthocharis cardamines (Orange-tip) 30 2023
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 2 1996
Anthriscus caucalis (Bur Chervil) 2 1999
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 11 2000
Aphantopus hyperantus (Ringlet) 18 2022

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

Data sets Licence Records