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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Showing 101 - 150 of 185 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) 1 1990
Myosotis arvensis (Field Forget-me-not) 1 1990
Myriolecis albescens 1 1994
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1994
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1994
Narcissus agg. 1 1991
Papaver dubium (Long-headed Poppy) 1 1990
Persicaria maculosa (Redshank) 1 1990
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1994
Physcia adscendens 1 1994
Physconia grisea 1 1994
Pilosella officinarum (Mouse-ear-hawkweed) 1 1990
Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage) 1 1990
Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) 1 1990
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Pipistrelle) 1 2015
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 1994
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 1990
Plantago major (Greater Plantain) 1 1990
Plantago media (Hoary Plantain) 1 1990
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) 1 1990
Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1 1990
Poa trivialis (Rough Meadow-grass) 1 1990
Polygonum aviculare (Knotgrass) 1 1990
Polypodium vulgare (Polypody) 1 1990
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 1994
Poterium sanguisorba (Salad Burnet) 1 1990
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) 1 1991
Primula x pruhonicensis 1 1991
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 1994
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 1994
Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) 1 1990
Prunus domestica (Wild Plum) 1 1990
Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel) 1 1990
Prunus (Cherry) 1 1991
Psilolechia lucida 1 1994
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak) 1 1990
Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Buttercup) 1 1991
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 1991
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 1994
Rinodina oleae 1 1994
Rinodina teichophila 1 1994
Rosa canina (Dog-rose) 1 1991
Rubus fruticosus agg. (Bramble) 1 1990
Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 1 1990
Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock) 1 1990
Rumex sanguineus (Wood Dock) 1 1990
Sagina procumbens (Procumbent Pearlwort) 1 1990
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 1 1990
Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage) 1 1991
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 1994

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

Data sets Licence Records