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
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 2 1996
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 3 1996
Agonimia tristicula 1 1986
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 3 1996
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 3 1996
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 3 1996
Anthriscus caucalis (Bur Chervil) 4 2022
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 3 1996
Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale Cress) 3 1996
Arenaria serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Sandwort) 1 1996
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 3 1996
Arthonia apotheciorum 1 1986
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 3 1996
Asparagus officinalis (Garden Asparagus) 1 1996
Asparagus 1 1996
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1986
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound) 3 1996
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 3 1996
Borago officinalis (Borage) 1 2022
Bromus diandrus (Great Brome) 2 1996
Bromus sterilis (Barren Brome) 3 1996
Bryostigma lapidicola 1 1986
Buellia aethalea 1 1986
Buellia ocellata 1 1986
Caloplaca arcis 1 1986
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 1986
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1986
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1986
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1986
Caloplaca oasis 1 1986
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1986
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1986
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1986
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell) 2 1996
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1986
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1986
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 3 1996
Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Bitter-cress) 2 1996
Carex muricata subsp. pairae (Small-fruited Prickly-sedge) 1 2022
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 1986
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1986
Cedrus atlantica (Atlas Cedar) 1 2022
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 3 1996
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 3 1996
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 3 1996
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1986
Claytonia perfoliata (Springbeauty) 4 2022
Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot Ladybird) 1 2024
Conium maculatum (Hemlock) 2 1996
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) 2 1996

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

Data sets Licence Records