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 51 - 100 of 119 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Geranium pratense (Meadow Crane's-bill) 1 1990
Geranium robertianum (Herb-Robert) 1 1990
Geum urbanum (Wood Avens) 1 1990
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 1 1990
Hedera helix (Ivy) 1 1990
Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed) 1 1990
Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire-fog) 1 1990
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Bluebell) 1 1990
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 1990
Jacobaea erucifolia (Hoary Ragwort) 1 1990
Jacobaea vulgaris (Common Ragwort) 1 1990
Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious) 2 2017
Laburnum anagyroides (Laburnham) 1 1990
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) 1 1990
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 1 1990
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit) 1 1990
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 1 1990
Ligustrum ovalifolium (Garden Privet) 1 1990
Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet) 1 1990
Lonicera nitida (Wilson's Honeysuckle) 1 1990
Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow) 1 1990
Myosotis arvensis (Field Forget-me-not) 1 1990
Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget-me-not) 1 1990
Nanogona polydesmoides (Eyed Flat-backed Millipede) 1 1994
Narcissus pseudonarcissus (Daffodil) 1 1990
Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram) 1 1990
Ornithogalum umbellatum (Garden Star-of-Bethlehem) 1 1990
Parietaria judaica (Pellitory-of-the-wall) 1 1990
Phleum pratense (Timothy) 1 1990
Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage) 1 1990
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 1990
Plantago media (Hoary Plantain) 2 2017
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) 1 1990
Poa trivialis (Rough Meadow-grass) 1 1990
Potentilla reptans (Creeping Cinquefoil) 1 1990
Primula veris (Cowslip) 1 1990
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) 1 1990
Prunus avium (Wild Cherry) 1 1990
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn) 1 1990
Prunus (Cherry) 1 1990
Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Buttercup) 1 1990
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 1990
Ribes uva-crispa (Gooseberry) 1 1990
Rosa canina (Dog-rose) 1 1990
Rubus fruticosus agg. (Bramble) 1 1990
Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 1 1990
Rumex sanguineus (Wood Dock) 1 1990
Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher's-broom) 1 1990
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 1 1990
Scilla forbesii (Glory-of-the-snow) 1 1990

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

Data sets Licence Records