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

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Abax parallelepipedus 6 1997
Abdera biflexuosa 3 1986
Acleris laterana (Dark-triangle Button) 3 2009
Acleris variegana (Garden Rose Tortrix) 1 2009
Adalia decempunctata (10-spot Ladybird) 3 1997
Aegopinella nitidula (Smooth Glass Snail) 1
Aeshna juncea (Common Hawker) 2 1998
Agathidium nigripenne 3 1986
Aglais io (Peacock) 1
Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell) 1
Agonum fuliginosum 4 1997
Agonum micans 4 1983
Agonum moestum 1 1997
Agonum muelleri 5 1986
Agriotes acuminatus 1 1984
Agriotes pallidulus 3 1986
Alosterna tabacicolor 2 1997
Amara familiaris 4 1986
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 2 2016
Anania hortulata (Small Magpie) 1 2008
Anaspis fasciata 1 1986
Anaspis frontalis 1 1982
Anaspis maculata 1 1986
Anaspis regimbarti 1 1986
Anchomenus dorsalis 2 1988
Ancistrocerus parietinus (Wall Mason Wasp) 1 2021
Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata (Water Ladybird) 3 1986
Anomodon viticulosus (Rambling Tail-moss) 1 2012
Anthocharis cardamines (Orange-tip) 1
Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug) 1 1997
Anthonomus pedicularius 1 1982
Anthus pratensis (Meadow Pipit) 1 2020
Anthus trivialis (Tree Pipit) 1 2005
Aphantopus hyperantus (Ringlet) 1 1997
Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth) 1 2008
Aphrophora alni 1 1997
Aplotarsus angustulus 1 1986
Apodemus sylvaticus (Wood Mouse) 1 1985
Apteropeda globosa 4 1986
Apteropeda orbiculata 3 1986
Arabis scabra (Bristol Rock-cress) 1 1894
Arianta arbustorum (Copse Snail) 1 1997
Arion (Arion) ater (Large Black Slug) 1 1997
Arion (Carinarion) circumscriptus silvaticus (Silver False-keeled Slug) 1
Arion (Kobeltia) distinctus (Brown Soil Slug) 1
Arion (Mesarion) subfuscus (Dusky Slug) 1
Arion circumscriptus agg. 1
Asaphidion curtum/flavipes/stierlini 1 1986
Asaphidion flavipes 5 1997
Atherix ibis (Yellow-legged Water-snipefly) 1 1986

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

Data sets Licence Records