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

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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
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 2 2016
Allium vineale (Wild Onion) 1 2016
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 2 2016
Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock) 1 2012
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 2 2016
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 2 2016
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris (Root Beet) 1 2012
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 1 2016
Bromopsis ramosa (Hairy-brome) 1 2012
Bromus sterilis (Barren Brome) 2 2016
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 1 2016
Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Bitter-cress) 1 2012
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 1 2016
Crepis capillaris (Smooth Hawk's-beard) 1 2012
Crocus vernus (Spring Crocus) 1 2016
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 2 2016
Epilobium ciliatum (American Willowherb) 2 2016
Epilobium hirsutum (Great Willowherb) 2 2016
Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) 2 2016
Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine) 1 2016
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 2 2016
Geranium dissectum (Cut-leaved Crane's-bill) 1 2012
Geranium molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill) 1 2016
Geranium robertianum (Herb-Robert) 1 2016
Geum urbanum (Wood Avens) 1 2016
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 2 2016
Hedera helix (Ivy) 1 2012
Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire-fog) 1 2012
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) 1 2012
Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris) 1 2016
Juglans regia (Walnut) 1 2012
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle) 1 2016
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 1 2012
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 2 2016
Narcissus tazetta x cyclamineus = N. x cyclazetta (Head-to-head Daffodil) 1 2016
Narcissus (daffodils) 1 2016
Phleum pratense (Timothy) 1 2012
Picris echioides (Bristly Oxtongue) 1 2016
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 2 2016
Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) 2 2016
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 2 2016
Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 1 2016
Sedum album (White Stonecrop) 1 2016
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) 1 2016
Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow-thistle) 1 2012
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle) 1 2012
Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Woundwort) 1 2012
Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (Lime) 1 2012
Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil) 1 2012
Trifolium repens (White Clover) 2 2016

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

Data sets Licence Records