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
Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1 1990
Polygonum aviculare (Knotgrass) 1 1990
Porpidia soredizodes 1 2014
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2014
Potentilla sterilis (Barren Strawberry) 1 1990
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) 1 1990
Protoblastenia calva 1 2014
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 2014
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 2014
Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) 1 1990
Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel) 1 1990
Psilolechia lucida 1 2014
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak) 1 1990
Ramalina farinacea 1 2014
Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Buttercup) 1 1990
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 1990
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 2014
Ribes uva-crispa (Gooseberry) 1 1990
Rinodina calcarea 1 2014
Rosa canina (Dog-rose) 1 1990
Rubus fruticosus agg. (Bramble) 1 1990
Rubus idaeus (Raspberry) 1 1990
Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 1 1990
Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock) 1 1990
Sagina procumbens (Procumbent Pearlwort) 1 1990
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 1 1990
Sanicula europaea (Sanicle) 1 1990
Sarcopyrenia gibba var. geisleri 1 2014
Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage) 1 1990
Scytinium gelatinosum 1 2014
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) 1 1990
Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet) 1 1990
Solenopsora candicans 1 2014
Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow-thistle) 1 1990
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle) 1 1990
Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Woundwort) 1 1990
Syringa vulgaris (Lilac) 1 1990
Taraxacum officinale agg. (Dandelion) 1 1990
Taxus baccata (Yew) 1 1990
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 2014
Thelidium papulare f. papulare 1 2014
Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (Lime) 1 1990
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 2014
Toniniopsis verrucarioides 1 2014
Tragopogon pratensis (Goat's-beard) 1 1990
Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil) 1 1990
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 1 1990
Trifolium repens (White Clover) 1 1990
Trisetum flavescens (Yellow Oat-grass) 1 1990
Urtica dioica (Common Nettle) 1 1990

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

Data sets Licence Records