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
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 1 2012
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 1 2012
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 2 2014
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent) 1 2012
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 2 2014
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 2 2014
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2014
Cardamine pratensis (Cuckooflower) 1 2012
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's Cypress) 1 2014
Chiroptera (Bat) 1 2016
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 1 2012
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 1 2014
Crocus vernus (Spring Crocus) 1 2014
Crocus (Crocus) 1 2014
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 2 2014
Eptesicus serotinus (Serotine) 1 2014
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 1 2012
Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) 2 2014
Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine) 1 2014
Galanthus (Snowdrop) 1 2014
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 1 2014
Geranium molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill) 2 2014
Geranium robertianum (Herb-Robert) 2 2014
Geum urbanum (Wood Avens) 1 2012
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 1 2012
Hedera helix (Ivy) 1 2014
Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed) 2 2014
Hordeum murinum (Wall Barley) 1 2012
Jacobaea 1 2012
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) 1 2012
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 2 2014
Myosotis arvensis (Field Forget-me-not) 1 2014
Narcissus tazetta x cyclamineus = N. x cyclazetta (Head-to-head Daffodil) 1 2014
Narcissus (daffodils) 1 2014
Parietaria judaica (Pellitory-of-the-wall) 2 2014
Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage) 1 2012
Pinus nigra subsp. laricio (Corsican Pine) 1 2014
Pinus nigra subsp. nigra (Austrian Pine) 1 2014
Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine) 1 2012
Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) 1 2012
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Pipistrelle) 1 2014
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 2 2014
Plecotus (Long-eared Bat species) 1 2014
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) 1 2012
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 2012
Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 1 2012
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 2 2014
Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow-thistle) 1 2014
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle) 2 2014
Stellaria media (Common Chickweed) 1 2012

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

Data sets Licence Records