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
Hordeum murinum (Wall Barley) 1 1992
Hordeum secalinum (Meadow Barley) 1 1992
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Bluebell) 1 1990
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 1990
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) 1 1990
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle) 1 1990
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 1 1992
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit) 1 1990
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 1 1990
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 1 1992
Lunaria annua (Honesty) 1 1990
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping-Jenny) 1 1990
Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow) 1 1992
Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) 1 1992
Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury) 1 1992
Myosotis arvensis (Field Forget-me-not) 1 1992
Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget-me-not) 1 1990
Narcissus agg. 1 1990
Papaver rhoeas (Common Poppy) 1 1992
Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy) 1 1990
Parietaria judaica (Pellitory-of-the-wall) 1 1990
Pilosella officinarum (Mouse-ear-hawkweed) 1 1990
Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage) 1 1992
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 1990
Plantago media (Hoary Plantain) 2 2017
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) 1 1992
Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1 1990
Potentilla reptans (Creeping Cinquefoil) 1 1990
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) 1 1990
Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) 1 1992
Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Buttercup) 1 1990
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 1990
Rosa canina (Dog-rose) 1 1990
Rubus fruticosus agg. (Bramble) 1 1990
Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 1 1990
Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock) 1 1990
Rumex pulcher (Fiddle Dock) 1 1992
Rumex sanguineus (Wood Dock) 1 1992
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 1 1990
Scorzoneroides autumnalis (Autumn Hawkbit) 1 1992
Sedum acre (Biting Stonecrop) 1 1990
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) 1 1990
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle) 1 1990
Stellaria media (Common Chickweed) 1 1990
Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter) 1 2016
Taraxacum officinale agg. (Dandelion) 1 1990
Taxus baccata (Yew) 1 1990
Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil) 1 1992
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 1 1990
Trifolium repens (White Clover) 1 1990

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

Data sets Licence Records