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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Showing 301 - 350 of 718 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Hydrotaea militaris 2 2018
Hylemya urbica 3 2018
Hylemya vagans 4 2018
Hypericum tetrapterum (Square-stalked St John's-wort) 1 2019
Hypomma bituberculatum 3 2018
Iassus lanio 4 2018
Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid) 1 2018
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 3 2022
Ilione albiseta 3 2018
Imantimyia albiseta 2 2019
Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Iris) 19 2022
Isolepis setacea (Bristle Club-rush) 3 2018
Iteomyia capreae 1 2019
Iteomyia major 1 2018
Jacobaea vulgaris (Common Ragwort) 52 2022
Jasminum beesianum (Red Jasmine) 1 2020
Juglans regia (Walnut) 2 2019
Juncus articulatus (Jointed Rush) 2 2019
Juncus bufonius (Toad Rush) 1 2018
Juncus conglomeratus (Compact Rush) 15 2022
Juncus effusus (Soft-rush) 27 2022
Juncus (Rush) 1 2020
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2007
Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug) 4 2018
Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious) 2 2015
Lagria hirta 11 2019
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) 2 2021
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle) 2 2019
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 1 2019
Larinioides cornutus 1 2018
Larix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii (Hybrid Larch) 1 2012
Larix decidua (European Larch) 3 2012
Lasiomma seminitidum 3 2018
Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling) 7 2019
Lauria (Lauria) cylindracea (Common Chrysalis Snail) 2 2018
Leiomyza dudai 1 2018
Leiosoma deflexum 6 2018
Lemna minor (Common Duckweed) 2 2019
Lemna minuta (Least Duckweed) 1 2018
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit) 2 2018
Lepidium didymum (Lesser Swine-cress) 1 2018
Leptocera fontinalis 6 2018
Leptopterna dolabrata (Meadow Plant Bug) 4 2019
Leptorhoptrum robustum 1 2018
Leptusa fumida 3 2018
Lesteva longoelytrata 3 2018
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 21 2022
Libellula depressa (Broad-bodied Chaser) 10 2015
Limax maximus (Leopard Slug) 5 2018
Limnephilidae 2 2019

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

Data sets Licence Records