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
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 1996
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 1 1996
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 1 1996
Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear) 1 1996
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 1 1996
Brachypodium sylvaticum (False-brome) 1 1996
Bryum 1 1996
Buddleja davidii (Butterfly-bush) 1 1996
Calystegia sepium (Hedge Bindweed) 1 1996
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 1 1996
Cerastium glomeratum (Sticky Mouse-ear) 1 1996
Clematis vitalba (Traveller's-joy) 1 1996
Clitocybe nebularis (Clouded Funnel) 1 1996
Corvus corone (Carrion Crow) 1 1996
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 1 1996
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster) 1 1996
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 1 1996
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 1996
Dioscorea communis (Black Bryony) 1 1996
Epilobium parviflorum (Hoary Willowherb) 1 1996
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 1 1996
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 1 1996
Geranium robertianum (Herb-Robert) 1 1996
Geum urbanum (Wood Avens) 1 1996
Hedera colchica (Persian Ivy) 1 1996
Hedera helix (Ivy) 1 1996
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) 1 1996
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 1996
Jacobaea vulgaris (Common Ragwort) 1 1996
Malus (Apple) 1 1996
Mentha (Mint) 1 1996
Parus major (Great Tit) 1 1996
Pica pica (Magpie) 1 1996
Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) 1 1996
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 1996
Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1 1996
Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel) 1 1996
Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken) 1 1996
Quercus ilex (Evergreen Oak) 1 1996
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak) 1 1996
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 1996
Rubus fruticosus agg. (Bramble) 1 1996
Rumex (Dock) 1 1996
Salix cinerea (Common Sallow) 1 1996
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 1 1996
Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Grey Squirrel) 1 1996
Sedum rupestre (Reflexed Stonecrop) 1 1996
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) 1 1996
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle) 1 1996
Symphoricarpos microphyllus x orbiculatus = S. x chenaultii (Hybrid Coralberry) 1 1996

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

Data sets Licence Records