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

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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 1 1987
Acarospora privigna 1 1987
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 2 1992
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 2 1992
Acrocordia salweyi 1 1987
Agonimia tristicula 1 1987
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 2 1992
Amandinea punctata 1 1987
Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid) 1 2022
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 2 1992
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 2 1992
Armadillidium vulgare (Common Pill Woodlouse) 2 1994
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 2 1992
Arthonia apotheciorum 1 1987
Arthonia calcarea 1 1987
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 2 1992
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1987
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound) 2 1992
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 2 1992
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 1987
Blennothallia crispa 1 1987
Buellia ocellata 1 1987
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1987
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1971
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1987
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1987
Caloplaca oasis 2 1987
Caloplaca ruderum 2 1987
Caloplaca saxicola 2 1987
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1987
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1987
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1971
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 1987
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 2 1992
Carex echinata (Star Sedge) 1 1992
Carex (Sedge) 1 1992
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1987
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 2 1992
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 2 1992
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 2 1992
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 2 1992
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1987
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) 2 1992
Cotoneaster simonsii (Himalayan Cotoneaster) 2 1993
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 2 1992
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 2 1992
Diploicia canescens 2 1987
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1987
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 2 1987
Elytrigia repens (Common Couch) 2 1992

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

Data sets Licence Records