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
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 5 2012
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 6 1997
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 1 2012
Aira praecox (Early Hair-grass) 4 1997
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 5 2012
Anemone nemorosa (Wood Anemone) 2 1996
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 6 1997
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 5 2012
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) 1 1996
Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale Cress) 4 1996
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 4 1996
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 5 2012
Bromus sterilis (Barren Brome) 2 1996
Bryonia dioica (White Bryony) 4 1996
Buxus sempervirens (Box) 2 1996
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell) 8 1999
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 4 1996
Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Bitter-cress) 3 2012
Carex muricata subsp. pairae (Small-fruited Prickly-sedge) 6 1997
Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam) 2 1996
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare 2 1996
Cerastium glomeratum (Sticky Mouse-ear) 4 1996
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's Cypress) 1 2012
Clavulinopsis luteoalba (Apricot Club) 1 1997
Claytonia perfoliata (Springbeauty) 4 1996
Clematis vitalba (Traveller's-joy) 2 1996
Clitocybe rivulosa (Fool's Funnel) 1 1997
Coleroa robertiani 1 1997
Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap) 1 1997
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 2 1996
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 2 1996
Crepis capillaris (Smooth Hawk's-beard) 1 2012
Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis (Meadow Waxcap) 2 1997
Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved Toadflax) 1 2012
Cystoderma amianthinum (Earthy Powdercap) 1 1997
Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove) 2 1996
Dioscorea communis (Black Bryony) 2 1996
Doronicum pardalianches (Leopard's-bane) 2 1996
Dryopteris filix-mas (Male-fern) 2 1996
Erophila verna subsp. verna 1 1996
Erophila verna var. verna 1 1996
Erophila verna 2 1996
Erophila verna (Common Whitlowgrass) 1 2012
Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge) 3 2012
Festuca pratensis (Meadow Fescue) 2 1996
Festuca rubra agg. 2 1997
Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) 1 2012
Ficaria verna subsp. verna 1 1996
Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine) 4 2012
Formica fusca (Dusky Ant) 1 1996

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

Data sets Licence Records