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
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Hawthorn Shieldbug) 11 2019
Acer campestre (Field Maple) 11 2022
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple) 1 2012
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 93 2022
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 21 2022
Acrolocha sulcula 2 2018
Adalia decempunctata (10-spot Ladybird) 9 2019
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 4 2021
Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut) 27 2022
Aeshna cyanea (Southern Hawker) 16 2018
Agapetus fuscipes 1 2019
Agelastica alni (Alder Leaf Beetle) 83 2021
Agriotes pallidulus 1 2021
Agromyza anthracina 4 2019
Agromyza pseudoreptans 1 2014
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 1 2018
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent) 3 2018
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 1 2021
Alnetoidea alneti 4 2018
Alnus glutinosa (Alder) 58 2022
Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail) 1 2020
Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) 7 2022
Amara aenea (Common Sun Beetle) 4 2018
Amaurobius fenestralis 1 2018
Amaurobius similis 1 2018
Amauromyza flavifrons 11 2019
Amischa analis 3 2018
Amischa decipiens 3 2018
Anacaena globulus 3 2018
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) 7 2015
Anax imperator (Emperor Dragonfly) 1 2019
Andrena fulva (Tawny Mining Bee) 1 2018
Anelosimus vittatus 1 2006
Angelica sylvestris (Wild Angelica) 14 2022
Anomoia purmunda 2 2018
Anotylus rugosus 3 2018
Anotylus sculpturatus 3 2018
Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug) 11 2019
Anthomyia liturata 9 2018
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 18 2022
Aphrophora alni 2 2019
Apion frumentarium 7 2018
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) 29 2019
Apodemus sylvaticus (Wood Mouse) 3 2018
Apolygus lucorum 2 2018
Araneidae (orb-weavers) 1 2018
Araneus diadematus (Garden Spider) 1 2018
Araniella 2 2018
Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock) 10 2021
Arion (Kobeltia) distinctus (Brown Soil Slug) 2 2018

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

Data sets Licence Records