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.

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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
Acer campestre (Field Maple) 5 2022
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 5 2022
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 6 2022
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 6 2020
Ajuga reptans (Bugle) 2 2020
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 5 2022
Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) 1 2019
Anguis fragilis (Slow-worm) 2 2022
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 4 2022
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 2 2022
Aquilegia vulgaris (Columbine) 2 2020
Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock) 4 2020
Arctium (Burdock) 2 2022
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 3 2020
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 4 2022
Asplenium ruta-muraria (Wall-rue) 1 2020
Briza media (Quaking-grass) 1 2023
Bufo bufo (Common Toad) 1 2020
Buxus sempervirens (Box) 2 2020
Caltha palustris (Marsh-marigold) 2 2022
Calystegia sepium (Hedge Bindweed) 2 2020
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell) 1 2020
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 2 2022
Cardamine flexuosa (Wavy Bitter-cress) 2 2020
Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Bitter-cress) 3 2022
Cardamine pratensis (Cuckooflower) 4 2022
Carex pendula (Pendulous Sedge) 2 2020
Carex sylvatica (Wood-sedge) 2 2020
Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) 2 2020
Centaurea montana (Perennial Cornflower) 1 2022
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 2 2019
Centaurea (Knapweed) 1 2020
Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides 1 2020
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 2 2020
Chaerophyllum temulum (Rough Chervil) 1 2019
Cirsium arvense var. incanum (Creeping Thistle) 1 2020
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 3 2020
Cirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle) 3 2020
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 4 2022
Cornus sanguinea (Dogwood) 1 2022
Cornus 1 2019
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 3 2022
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster) 1 2019
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 5 2022
Crocus (Crocus) 1 2020
Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved Toadflax) 6 2022
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2019
Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass) 1 2019
Dryopteris filix-mas (Male-fern) 4 2022
Epilobium ciliatum (American Willowherb) 2 2020

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

Data sets Licence Records