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 1989
Acarospora privigna 1 1989
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 4 1993
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 2 1993
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 4 1993
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 2 1993
Aphanes arvensis agg. (Parsley Piert) 2 1993
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 4 1993
Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort) 2 1993
Arthonia apotheciorum 1 1989
Arthonia calcarea 1 1989
Bacidina arnoldiana 1 1989
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1989
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 4 1993
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 1989
Bromus hordeaceus (Soft-brome) 2 1993
Bryostigma lapidicola 1 1989
Buellia aethalea 1 1989
Buellia ocellata 1 1989
Buelliella physciicola 1 1989
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 1989
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1989
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1989
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1989
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1989
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1989
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1989
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1989
Carex spicata (Spiked Sedge) 2 1993
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 4 1993
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 4 1993
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 2 1993
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 2 1993
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) 2 1993
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 2 1993
Crepis capillaris (Smooth Hawk's-beard) 4 1993
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 4 1993
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1989
Dipsacus fullonum 1 1993
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1989
Erinaceus europaeus (West European Hedgehog) 1 2013
Erophila verna (Common Whitlowgrass) 1 1993
Festuca pratensis (Meadow Fescue) 2 1993
Festuca rubra agg. 1 1993
Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine) 2 1993
Filago vulgaris (Common Cudweed) 2 1993
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 4 1993
Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw) 2 1993
Geranium dissectum (Cut-leaved Crane's-bill) 2 1993
Geranium molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill) 4 1993

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

Data sets Licence Records